British Coins

Alfred the Great (871-899), Penny, non-portrait type, Canterbury, Diaruald, æl fr ed rex doro, cross, rev. diarva ldmo in two lines, three pellets between, 1.42g/9h (cf. bmc 67-8; N 638; S 1069). On a neat round flan, good very fine, toned £900-1,200

Provenance: Possibly from the Cuerdale (Lancashire), Hoard, 1840; H.M. Reynolds Collection (privately); V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 724; bt Baldwin 1962