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Auction: 15005 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 324

Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, 1.54g, Londonia monogram type, c.880-83, London, Tilewine, diademed and draped bust right dividing legend, aelfr / ed rex, rev. londonia monogram flanked by a cross pattée either side, tilevine above and moneta below (SCBI 20 Mack, No 737 - same dies; N.646; S.1062), weakness to centres and slightly off-struck on obverse, mostly sharp and full, lustre to reverse, a most presentable piece, good very fine, the Londonia portrait pieces of Alfred one of the most iconic in the Saxon series

provenance:
Bt. Spink, March 1975, £500

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Sold for
£5,500