Aethelwulf Silver Penny - King of Wessex
Aethelwulf Silver Penny
Phase I - Cross and Wedges
Deora - Canterbury
1.24g 19.3mm
Spink – 1044
North – 596 Rare
Naismith - C97c (This Coin)
Obverse:
EÐELVVLF REX. Inner circle containing small cross pattée with wedges in angles.
Reverse:
DIAR MONETA. Plain inner circle with SAX ONIO RVM in three lines in centre.
Small edge chip otherwise very fine and very rare. Only 4 other examples of Deora traced by Naismith, 3 of which are in institutions.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, Jul 1987 - number 4366.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular, Sep 1985 - number 5732
Ex R.P. Mack Collection [bt Baldwins 1948]
Published in SCBI 20 Mack - number 706 (This coin) - EMC number: 1020.0706
Published in Naismith, R. (2011) 'The Coinage of Southern England 796-865’ Volume I, BNS Special Publication 8, Spink - Plate 42 No. C97c (This coin) and Volume 2, pg 167.
Data sheet
- Metal
- Silver
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