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Auction: 18012 - The Williams Collection Part II, Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coins
Lot: 134

(x) Wessex, Alfred (871-899), Penny, 0.99g, 9h, group 1 Wessex Lunettes ('Burgred') type, London, Herefrith, + aelbred: - rex, legend starts at 10 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, breaking solid inner circle, rev. herefriÐ, the he ligate, across centre, mon and eta in lunettes above and below (Lyons & MacKay corpus Afl.1.69, but name mis-read as Herefreth and weight given as 0.88g instead of 0.99g; N.625 but moneyer not noted for this type; S.1057), a full round coin of good metal, toned, extremely fine, the only coin noted for this moneyer

provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, 13 February 1992, no. 136, 'superb, as struck'

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