British Coins

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, London dies, Hereferth, ælfred re+ in four parts around small cross pattée, rev. ;ereferð in two lines divided by pellet, four pellets after moneyer’s name, 1.23g/6h (BMC 333; N 636; S 1066). Good fine and grey toned but chipped on edge; the moneyer rather scarce £700-£900

Lord Grantley Collection, Part III, 22 March 1944, lot 1015 (part); R.C. Lockett Collection, Glendining Auction, Part IV, 26 April 1960, lot 3635 (part)