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Auction: 13014 - Indian, Islamic, British and Anglo-Gallic Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 89

Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, 1.00g, Lunettes coinage, 871-876/77, London dies, Luhinc, diademed bust right, +aelbred rex, rev. mon / lvhinc / eta, reverse type D (Lyons and MacKay group 2, IVd, Corpus AfL2.43 - this coin; N.628; S.1057A), lightly porous, about very fine, rare

provenance
DNW, 20 June 2007, lot 858
SNC, May 1994, 3201

Reverse type D is rare for Alfred. Lyons and MacKay noted 20 examples of reverse D in their Corpus of 197 coins for Alfred's lunettes coinage. The majority of Alfred's lunettes pennies noted in this Corpus were struck from Canterbury dies with only 42 noted as being from London dies.

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