Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Saxoniorum Phase [I], Canterbury, Osmund, edelvvlf rex around cross pattée with wedges in angles, rev. osmvnd moneta around saxoniorvm in three lines, 1.32g/3h (Naismith C101l, this coin; BMC 29; N 596; S 1044). Very fine, light grey tone, rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: J.B. Bergne Collection, Sotheby Auction, 20-31 May 1873, lot 137; J.H. Young Collection, Sotheby Auction, 7-12 April 1881, lot 9; W. Brice Collection; H. Montagu Collection, Part I, Sotheby Auction, 18-23 November 1895, lot 495; C.M. Crompton-Roberts Collection; SNC May-June 1920 (81335); SNC September-October 1921 (96448); SNC April 1927 (66973); SNC August 1928 (80232); R.C. Lockett Collection, Part IV, 26-7 April 1960, lot 3621; bt Baldwin October 1970.

This coin is from the same dies as Naismith C101m and C101n