Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Lot 764 SESSION 3 (Wednesday at 2.30pm) Great Britain Silver & Bronze
Estimate $500
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SOLD $2,000
KINGS OF WESSEX, Alfred the Great (A.D. 871-899) silver penny, issued c.880, (1.18 grams), obv. diademed bust right, AELFRED REX around, rev. Londonia monogram, (S.1061, N.644, BMC vi). As a lkarge fragment, edge chipped, otherwise very fine and rare.
Ex R. Cullum Collection, purchased from B.A. Seaby, Ltd, London, February 11, 1948 for £2.18.0.
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