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Auction: 5014 - The Coinex Sale
Lot: 1320

x Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, 1.18g., first coinage, lunette ´Burgred´ type, Manninc, AELBRED REX, diademed bust right, rev. MANNINC MONETA in three lines, in and between two unbroken lunettes (N.625; S.1057), very lightly double struck on reverse, otherwise another excellent coin, on a neat round flan, almost extremely fine, rare thus Estimate £ 1,200-1,500PROVENANCE: Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1994, no.6468

Sold for
£2,300