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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelred I. 865/6-871. AR Penny (20mm, 1.07 g, 4h). Lunettes type. Canterbury mint; Leofing, moneyer. Struck circa 867-871. Good VF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelred I. 865/6-871. AR Penny (20mm, 1.07 g, 4h). Lunettes type. Canterbury mint; Leofing, moneyer. Struck circa 867-871. + ΛEÐELRED REX, diademed and draped bust right / LIΛBI(NC) across central field; MON ETΛ in lunettes above and below. Lyons & MacKay, Group 2, Ae2.83 (dies B/b; this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 1344-5; North 622; SCBC 1055. Old cabinet toning. Good VF. Rare. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from James King, May 1977. Ex Clonterbrook Trust (Glendining, 7 June 1974), lot 29; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, 26 April 1960), lot 3628; Spink Numismatic Circular XXVI.7-8 (July-August 1918), no. 64610; W.M. Maish Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 25 March 1918), lot 23.
Aethelred I (865/6-871), King of Wessex, was the third son of Aethelwulf and successor to his older brother Aethelberht. He fought heroically against the Danish Great Army in 870-871. Despite his victory over the Danes at Reading, he suffered two subsequent defeats and died, leaving to his brother Alfred the crown and the negotiations necessary to buy off the Viking invaders with the payment of Danegeld.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Four – Lot 830–1154 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 15 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from James King, May 1977. Ex Clonterbrook Trust (Glendining, 7 June 1974), lot 29; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, 26 April 1960), lot 3628; Spink Numismatic Circular XXVI.7-8 (July-August 1918), no. 64610; W.M. Maish Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 25 March 1918), lot 23.
Aethelred I (865/6-871), King of Wessex, was the third son of Aethelwulf and successor to his older brother Aethelberht. He fought heroically against the Danish Great Army in 870-871. Despite his victory over the Danes at Reading, he suffered two subsequent defeats and died, leaving to his brother Alfred the crown and the negotiations necessary to buy off the Viking invaders with the payment of Danegeld.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Four – Lot 830–1154 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 15 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
