拍品描述： 910年韦塞克斯爱德华便士 极美

Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Exceptional Issues - Floral type, c. 910-15, Chester, Buga, 1.55g [23.9 grns], 10h, +EADVVEARD REX, small cross patt within inner circle, rev. BV-GA, within tendrils of floral device (Montagu 592 this coin; Lockett 521; SCBI [Mack] 759; CTCE 327d this coin; N.660; BMC IX; Spink 1079 the plate coin), probably struck by the Lady of the Mercians for her brother King, with a beautiful rich dark tone flaired in recesses by further hints of iridescence, near extremely fine, and of equal rarity, with only four known, two of these in institutional collections Provenance Wayne, CNG Triton XIX, 5 January 2016, lot 914 The Millennia Collection, Goldberg 46, 28 May 2008, lot 215 Dr. Jacob Y. Terner, collection purchased en bloc by Goldberg for Millennia The Marshall Collection, Spink 167, 31 March 2004, lot 45 - ?,600 Spink Numismatic Circular, July 1942, no. 15395 Drabble, Part I, Glendining, 4 July 1939, lot 402 Bruun, Sothebys, 18 May 1925, lot 78 Astronomer [McClean], Sothebys, 11-12 June 1906, lot 163 [plate] - very fine and extremely rare - ?0.15.0 [Lincoln] Montagu, first portion, Sothebys, 18-23 November 1895, lot 592 [plate, rev.] - extremely fine and of great rarity - ?.10.0 [Money]