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Wessex, Alfred (871-899), Penny, 1.28g, 7h, Cross Lozenge (Ceolwulf) type, uncertain mint, Regi...
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(x) Wessex, Alfred (871-899), Penny, 1.28g, 7h, Cross Lozenge (Ceolwulf) type, uncertain mint, Regingild, + ælfred rex sax, legend starts at 7 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, no inner circle, rev. regi / ngil / dmo / neta, the ns reversed, in the angles of a long cross with large central lozenge containing a small cross saltire with pellets in angles (Blackburn & Keynes 56 this coin; Haigh, 'Coins of Alfred', p. 25, no. 20 and pl.2, 10 this coin; SCBI Mack 732 this coin; N.629; S.1058), a remarkable portrait of very distinctive style, ragged edge but good very fine, the only known example of this type
provenance:
Linzalone, Stack's, 7 December 1994, lot 2352
Mack, with his ticket
Ryan, part 2, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 713, 'excessively rare'
Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 17-21 November 1913, lot 339, 'of the highest rarity, especially readingsax on the obverse.'
Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June - 1 July, 1909, lot 224
Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June - 5 July 1854, lot 453, to Webster
See Hawkins 'An account of some Saxon pennies, and othe articles, found at Sevington, North Wilts' in Archaeologia 27 (1883), referring to a Cross and Lozenge coin of Alfred in Mr Cuff's collection before the discovery of the Cuerdale hoard.
See Ruding, 'Annals of the Coinage', third edition (1840), supplimentary plate c, no.17, for an accurate drawing of this coin. The relative merits of various collections of engraved plates of coins are discussed by Hawkins in his introduction to 'Silver coins of England', 1841, and he observes 'The additional plates included in the edition of Ruding of 1840, are fully entitled to the confidence of the collector.'
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Linzalone, Stack's, 7 December 1994, lot 2352
Mack, with his ticket
Ryan, part 2, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 713, 'excessively rare'
Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 17-21 November 1913, lot 339, 'of the highest rarity, especially reading
Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June - 1 July, 1909, lot 224
Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June - 5 July 1854, lot 453, to Webster
See Hawkins 'An account of some Saxon pennies, and othe articles, found at Sevington, North Wilts' in Archaeologia 27 (1883), referring to a Cross and Lozenge coin of Alfred in Mr Cuff's collection before the discovery of the Cuerdale hoard.
See Ruding, 'Annals of the Coinage', third edition (1840), supplimentary plate c, no.17, for an accurate drawing of this coin. The relative merits of various collections of engraved plates of coins are discussed by Hawkins in his introduction to 'Silver coins of England', 1841, and he observes 'The additional plates included in the edition of Ruding of 1840, are fully entitled to the confidence of the collector.'
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(x) Wessex, Alfred (871-899), Penny, 1.28g, 7h, Cross Lozenge (Ceolwulf) type, uncertain mint, Regingild, + ælfred rex sax, legend starts at 7 o'clock, diademed and draped bust right, no inner circle, rev. regi / ngil / dmo / neta, the ns reversed, in the angles of a long cross with large central lozenge containing a small cross saltire with pellets in angles (Blackburn & Keynes 56 this coin; Haigh, 'Coins of Alfred', p. 25, no. 20 and pl.2, 10 this coin; SCBI Mack 732 this coin; N.629; S.1058), a remarkable portrait of very distinctive style, ragged edge but good very fine, the only known example of this type
provenance:
Linzalone, Stack's, 7 December 1994, lot 2352
Mack, with his ticket
Ryan, part 2, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 713, 'excessively rare'
Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 17-21 November 1913, lot 339, 'of the highest rarity, especially readingsax on the obverse.'
Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June - 1 July, 1909, lot 224
Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June - 5 July 1854, lot 453, to Webster
See Hawkins 'An account of some Saxon pennies, and othe articles, found at Sevington, North Wilts' in Archaeologia 27 (1883), referring to a Cross and Lozenge coin of Alfred in Mr Cuff's collection before the discovery of the Cuerdale hoard.
See Ruding, 'Annals of the Coinage', third edition (1840), supplimentary plate c, no.17, for an accurate drawing of this coin. The relative merits of various collections of engraved plates of coins are discussed by Hawkins in his introduction to 'Silver coins of England', 1841, and he observes 'The additional plates included in the edition of Ruding of 1840, are fully entitled to the confidence of the collector.'
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Linzalone, Stack's, 7 December 1994, lot 2352
Mack, with his ticket
Ryan, part 2, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, lot 713, 'excessively rare'
Carlyon-Britton, Sotheby, 17-21 November 1913, lot 339, 'of the highest rarity, especially reading
Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June - 1 July, 1909, lot 224
Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June - 5 July 1854, lot 453, to Webster
See Hawkins 'An account of some Saxon pennies, and othe articles, found at Sevington, North Wilts' in Archaeologia 27 (1883), referring to a Cross and Lozenge coin of Alfred in Mr Cuff's collection before the discovery of the Cuerdale hoard.
See Ruding, 'Annals of the Coinage', third edition (1840), supplimentary plate c, no.17, for an accurate drawing of this coin. The relative merits of various collections of engraved plates of coins are discussed by Hawkins in his introduction to 'Silver coins of England', 1841, and he observes 'The additional plates included in the edition of Ruding of 1840, are fully entitled to the confidence of the collector.'
Subject to 5% tax on Hammer Price in addition to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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lot 39 Burgred Penny - The coin is as the example described by Hawkins from the Gravesend Hoard, but it is not necessarily the same coin. The provenance should read POSSIBLY from the Gravesend Hoard.
Lot 40 Coelwulf II Penny - the flaw on the neck is not a metal flaw (the metal is very good) but is caused in the strike, perhaps an obstruction on or occlusion in the die, causing the depression on the king’s neck. The estimate should be £7,000-9,000
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