ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (21mm, 1.32 g, 12h). First Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Osmund, moneyer. Struck circa 844-849. + E·ÐELV·VLF RE, diademed and draped bust right / + OSMVHD MO(HE)TΛ, cross pattée over cross pattée in saltire. Naismith C116.1b = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 136 (this coin); North 612; SCBC 1047. Old cabinet toning, minor deposits. VF. Rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 712907 (Spring 1999); L. Stack Collection (Sotheby's, 22 April 1999), lot 396; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part IV, Spink 59, 17 June 1987), lot 136; A.S. Napier Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 3 August 1916), lot 87.