ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22.5mm, 1.58 g, 9h). Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Pellet (HP1) type (BMC ii). Wessex dies (prob. Winchester); Gareard, moneyer. Late period I, circa 915-920. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / GARE/ARD MO in two lines; three crosses pattée between, pellet above and below. CTCE 198i; SCBI –; BMC 44; North 649; SCBC 1087. VF, toned.
Includes a Baldwin’s stock ticket in the hand of A.H.F(red) Baldwin (fl. 1930s-1967; Eaglen D01B-1). Reportedly ex W.C. Webster Collection (Glendining, 25 February 1932).
