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Auction: 4002 - The Marshall Collection of British & World Coins
Lot: 47

Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, portrait type, Penny, 1.63g., HT1, Winchester style, Wulfred, eadvveard rex, diademed bust left, rev., vvlfred mo in two lines, trefoil of pellets above and below, three crosses pattée between (N.651; S.1084), obverse once cleaned and struck from a worn die, otherwise a portrait of excellent style, very fine, rare Estimate £ 1,000-1,250 provenance: R Huth, Sotheby, 4 April 1927, lot 272 Spink Numismatic Circular, January 1943, no.17794 £8-0-0

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