ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadwig. 955-959. AR Penny (21mm, 1.45 g, 2h). Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). York mint; Heriger, moneyer. + EADPIG RE+ o, small cross pattée / (HE)RIG/ER MO in two lines; three crosses between, quatrefoil above, trefoil below. CTCE; SCBI 34 (BM), 793 (same dies); North 724; SCBC 1122. Richly toned. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (17 April 1975), lot 1482.
Eadwig All-Fair (955-959), son of King Edmund and his first wife Aelfgifu and great-grandson of Alfred the Great, was proclaimed king of all England at his accession on 23 November 955.
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