ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Alfred the Great. 871-899. AR Halfpenny (15mm, 0.52 g, 8h). London monogram type. London mint. Struck circa 880. ELF RED R, diademed and draped bust right / Londonia monogram; small crosses above and below; pellet to left. Cf. MacKay, London Ie, unlisted dies; cf. SCBI 42 (South-Eastern), 758 (for similar); North 645; SCBC 1063. Deeply toned, edge chip. Near EF. Very rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, December 1996. Ex J. Linzalone Collection (Stack’s, 7 December 1994), lot 2354.
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