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Auction: 19025 - Ancient, Indian and Islamic, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 1602

Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, Monogram type, London, 1.55g, alfr-ed rex, diademed and draped bust right, rev. Londonia monogram, the central o filled with pellets, small cross above, triangle of six pellets below (SCBI 29 (Merseyside) 436, same obverse die; BMC 87var. {additional symbol on rev.}; N.644; S.1061), some details slightly double struck, darkly toned, good very fine, rare

provenance
Dr A Wayne, CNG Triton XX, 10 January 2017, lot 1527
Numismatik Lanz, sale 129, 23 May 2006, lot 885 (via S. Lockett)
Munzen und Medaillen, sale 8, 10 May 2001, lot 545


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£12,000