ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (21mm, 1.33 g, 3h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC v). Mint in East Anglia(?); Æthelweard, moneyer. + EΛDRED REX, crowned and draped bust right / + ΛÐELVERÐ MO(NE)TΛ, small cross pattée. CTCE 235; SCBI 34 (BM), 695; North; SCBC. EF. Rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 1454.
Eadred (946-955), King of Wessex, succeeded his older brother Edmund, but he suffered from ill health and failed to regain control of York from the Hiberno-Norse.
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