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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 12h). Two-line (’Guthram’) type (BMC xiv). Winchester dies; Æthelræd, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. 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. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 12h). Two-line (’Guthram’) type (BMC xiv). Winchester dies; Æthelræd, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. ΛEL FRE D REX, small cross pattée / ÆÐER/ED MO in two lines; three crosses between. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 66 (same dies); North 639; SCBC 1067. Richly toned. Good VF. Rare. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from C.H. Wolfe, August 1975. Ex Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, 22 March 1944), lot 1011; J.G. Murdoch Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 May 1903), lot 90; H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 18 November 1895), lot 560; R.W. Marsham-Townsend Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 150.
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 C.H. Wolfe, August 1975. Ex Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, 22 March 1944), lot 1011; J.G. Murdoch Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 May 1903), lot 90; H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 18 November 1895), lot 560; R.W. Marsham-Townsend Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 150.
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.
