Coins and Historical Medals

Danelaw, Penny, after Alfred the Great of Wessex’s London Monogram series [BMC VII], eγfr-ed re+, diademed and draped bust right, rev. londonia monogram, crossbar of a omitted, t and four pellets within body of d, 1.30g (MacKay D, dies unlisted; N 463). Double-struck on obverse, otherwise good very fine, a few light marks consistent with being a field-find; an early, rare and evocative Viking coin
£4,000-£5,000