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H4004 -
The
Kingdom of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-899), Silver Halfpenny, 0.70g.,
Viking Danelaw Imitation, after his Third
Coinage (c.880-899), Two Line type, Guthrum/Canterbury die, moneyer
Brunheard,
+AELRFD RE+
DORO, within a circle around cross pattée, rev., BNRVAD MO, in two
lines separated by a pellet, a pellet above and below (N.638; S.1069),
extremely rare, toned, practically as struck, superb! $6995
SOLD
- The style and weight of this specimen are well within
the norm for an 'official' issue and in itself illustrates that the line
between West Saxon and Viking issues is a blurred one.
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- Provenance:
- Ex L. La Riviere Collection, Spink
Auction, 9 October 2002, lot 981.
- Lawrence R. Stack, Sotheby, 22 April
1999, lot 435.
Spink Numismatic Circular, December 1987, item 7076.
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