Kings of Wessex. Aethelwulf (839-858) Penny ND (854-858) AU50 NGC, Rochester mint, Aethelmod as moneyer, Inscribed Cross type, S-1051, N-618 (R; described as "majority or all Canterbury mint"), cf. SCBI I (Fitzwilliam)-528 (likely Canterbury issue), SCBI II (Hunterian)-550 (same), SCBI XX (Mack)-717 (same), SCBI LXVII (British Museum)-Unl., MEC VIII-Unl., cf. EMC-1068.0583 (different dies, but Rochester style), Naismith-R39.1b (this coin). 1.30gm. +ΛEĐELVVLF REX, diademed, draped bust of Aethelwulf right / +EDEΓM | OD | MO arranged on limbs of beaded cross, N | E | T | Λ around. A more singular bust style from Aethelwulf's rule which typically recycles the portraits of surrounding reigns, featuring an elongated, egg-shaped head and a pronounced, flat nose. Evenly patinated in an even argent hue, the specimen preserves a full outer border, serious bending appearing generally absent while few singular surface marks are detectable. Interestingly, North supposed that Aethelwulf's Inscribed Cross coinage was almost exclusively produced at Canterbury. Ex. Spink Numismatic Circular (March 1932, Item no. 14441); Spink Numismatic Circular (August 1928, Item no. 80236); Prinz Philipp von Sachsen-Coburg-Gotha Collection (Leo Hamburger February 1928, Lot 1384) From the Historical Scholar Collection

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