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

Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, Penny, Two line type [HP 1], Æthelwulf, eadvveard rex around small cross pattée, rev. adel+ vlf m¯o divided by three crosses pattée, single pellet above and below, 1.57g/11h (CTCE 74; O’Donovan 108, this coin; cf. BMC 7; N 649; S 1087). About extremely fine, light grey tone £600-800

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

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Provenance: ‘Vatican’ Hoard, c. 1928; Glendining Auction, 16 May 1929, lot 53 (part); R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2723 (part); ‘Ridgemount’ Collection, Spink Auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 57; L.R. Stack Collection, Sotheby Auction, 22-3 April 1999, lot 444