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Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Two Line type [HP 1], Hunfreth, small cross, eadvveard rex, rev. hvnfred mo in two lines divided by three crosses, single pellet above and below, 1.58g/6h (CTCE 215, this coin; N 649; S 1087). Well-struck on a neat round flan, nearly extremely fine £700-900

Provenance: ‘Vatican’ Hoard, Glendining Auction, 16 May 1929, lot 89; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2727; bt Baldwin 1963