Ex Vatican Hoard & Lockett

5636721.

Sold For $2200

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.57 g, 6h). Small cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC ii). Mercia North East dies; Waldulf, moneyer. Late period I, struck circa 915-920. + EADVVEARD REX, small cross pattée / VVALD/VLF M–Θ in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. Vatican Hoard 381 (this coin); CTCE 282; SCBI –; BMC –; North 649; SCBC 1087. Delicate gold and blue toning. EF. Pristine surfaces. Rare moneyer.

Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 767 (July 1982), no. E454; R.C. Lockett (English Part VII, 4 November 1958), lot 2729 (part of); Glendining (16 May 1929), lot 101 (part of; this coin plated); 1928 Vatican Hoard.