Alfred the Great - Canterbury

Triton XVIII, Lot: 1712. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Penny (22mm, 1.46 g, 9h). Two-line type (BMC xvii). Dorobernia (Canterbury) mint; Dunning, moneyer. Struck circa 880-899. + ELFRED REX DORO, small cross pattée / DVNNI/NC MO in two lines; pellets above and below, three pellets between. SCBI –; BMC 19; North 638; SCBC 1069. VF, toned.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.