ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (21mm, 1.31 g, 6h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hunræd, moneyer. Struck circa 854-858. + ΛEÐELVVLF REX, draped bust right / + HVNR ED MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C145e (
this coin); SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 551; North 618; SCBC 1051. Toned. Near EF. Rare.
Ex Dr. Irving Schneider Collection; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXIX.6 (June 1971), no. 6794. Likely also ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXVIII.2 (February 1970), no. 1403; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXVII.4 (April 1968), no. 2785.
