Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, Mercian dies, Cuthbeorht, ælfred re+ around small cross pattée, rev. cvdb erht in two lines divided by pellet and two trefoils, 1.70g/12h (SCBI Glasgow 566, same obv. die; BMC 243; N 637; S 1066). Extremely fine, iridescent toning £2,000-£2,600

SNC July 1973 (5934)

The patina of this coin (and others within this parcel) is consistent with it being found as part of the Ceurdale hoard in 1840. Unfortunately, coins of this type were seldom imaged in auction catalogues issued during much of the twentieth century making the reconstruction of earlier provenance particularly difficult.