Alfred the Great, Penny, two kings type, only one available to a collector
Alfred the Great (871-899), King of Wessex, silver Penny, second coinage (c.875-c.880), two Emperors type, London, moneyer Beagstan, diademed portrait facing right, shoulders to bottom of coin, head within inner beaded circle, legend and outer beaded circle at rim surrounding, legend commences at left, + ÆLFRED REX ANGLOX, rev. two facing Emperors with orb between them within square beaded panel, angel with spread wings rising to top of coin, moneyer name surrounding panel along three sides, BEAGZ / MON / ETA, weight 1.16g (BMC type IV; N.632; S.1059). Bent flan with two tiny chips, with a dark soil patina, otherwise about very fine with some clear pictorial details, the only example currently available to collectors, of highest rarity.
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Alfred the Great (871-899), King of Wessex, silver Penny, second coinage (c.875-c.880), two Emperors type, London, moneyer Beagstan, diademed portrait facing right, shoulders to bottom of coin, head within inner beaded circle, legend and outer beaded circle at rim surrounding, legend commences at left, + ÆLFRED REX ANGLOX, rev. two facing Emperors with orb between them within square beaded panel, angel with spread wings rising to top of coin, moneyer name surrounding panel along three sides, BEAGZ / MON / ETA, weight 1.16g (BMC type IV; N.632; S.1059). Bent flan with two tiny chips, with a dark soil patina, otherwise about very fine with some clear pictorial details, the only example currently available to collectors, of highest rarity.
