Auction Catalogue

16 & 17 September 2014

Starting at 10:00 AM

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British Coins

Washington Mayfair Hotel  London  W1J 5HE

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Lot

№ 2341

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16 September 2014

Hammer Price:
£900

Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], Willuf, small cross, eadvveard rex, rev. vvillvf mo in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.58g/6h (CTCE 293; N 649; S 1087). Full and round, good very fine, very rare
£600-800

Wullaf is a known moneyer for Edward’s ‘Plant’ type (CTCE 333); Blunt (1974) gives Wulaf as a Shrewsbury moneyer during the reign of Æthelstan