Lot 478
Alfred the Great (871-899), Silver Penny, portrait type, third coinage (c.880-899), London Mint. Diademed portrait facing right, wearing tunic made up of curved horizontal lines with pellets, legend and outer beaded circle at rim surrounding, legend commences at left, + ÆLFR ED REX, rev. the Londinia Monogram, cross pattée above, triangle of six pellets below, outer beaded circle surrounding, weight 1.53g (B.M.C. type VI; Mackay London A5, 16.1 this coin; N.644; S.1061). Attractively toned, well centred, almost extremely fine with a superb portrait, very seldom seen this well preserved. Value $12,500 - UP
The portrait silver Penny with the monogram of Londinia on the reverse has always been the most desirable type coin of Alfred for any collector to attain in their collection. The example demonstrated here has an exceptionally well detailed portrait and reverse. For further reference see "The London Monogram Coinage of Alfred the Great and the Danelaw" by William A. Mackay, British Numismatic Journal, volume 89, 2019, pages 19-107 where this coin is listed in the corpus as London A, type A5, die combination 16, over 8, reverse 18.
The obverse Latin legend translates as "Alfred King" on this superb portrait Penny which is coupled with the Londinia Monogram, the most desirable type of all the Alfred the Great Pennies.
Ex Rev. William Lewis Gantz, part II, Glendining, 23-27th June 1941, lot 1029. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, October 1983, item 6652. Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection, Sotheby, 22nd April 1999, lot 436. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, December 2000, HS0006.
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