H5155 -
Danelaw, Viking Imitation of Wessex, Alfred the Great
(871-899), Silver Penny, 1.24g., 20mm, moneyer Cuthbeorht, Third Coinage, Two Line type, (c.880-899), +ELFRED
RE around a circle containing a cross pattée, rev. CVDBERHE: (V
inverted) in two lines separated by two
cross pattée and a pellet
(N.475.1; S.971; BNJ
Coin Register 2006, no. 198; EMC
2005.0047),
good very fine, toned, great provenance.
$4995 NOW $3250
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- Provenance:
- Found near
Harston, Cambridgeshire,
England (TL 4251).
- The EMC database describes the coin as: "A
Danelaw imitation of a coin of a moneyer active in the west Midlands
(probably Chester or Shrewsbury) in the 880s and 890s. The low
weight and inverted V in the moneyer's name indicate that this coin
is imitative."
