The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Inscribed Cross Phase [IV], Canterbury, Æthelnoth, aedelvvlf rex around draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. edelnod moneta arranged on limbs of and around beaded cross, 1.25g/12h (Naismith C139, this coin listed as untraced; BMC 68; N 618; S 1051). Good very fine with an excellent portrait, toned £2,000-2,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: With Spink 1923; SNC January-February 1924 (27238); The Property of a Collector in the North of England, Glendining Auction, 6-7 June 1934, lot 25; bt Spink June 1964