EDWARD THE ELDER

the kingdom of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924)
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H4028 - The Kingdom of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Silver Penny, 1.61g., Two Line type, moneyer Leofhelm, +EADVVEARD RIX, around cross pattée, rev., LIOFHELM MO in two lines separated by a row of three cross pattée's, trefoil of pellets above and a trefoil of pellets below, (N.649; S.1087), good very fine, toned, scarce. $1495 Provenance: A.H. Baldwin ticket in the hand of Albert Henry Frederick Baldwin (1889-1970). A. H. Baldwin stock ticket in the hand of Peter Mitchell (1933-).
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H4018 - The Kingdom of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Silver Penny, 1.54g., Two Line type, moneyer Sprou, +EADVVEARD REX, around cross pattée, rev., SPOV MONE in two lines separated by a row of three cross pattée's, trefoil of pellets above and a quatrefoil of pellets below, (N.649; S.1087), good very fine, struck from a rusty reverse die, darkly toned, scarce. $1495 Provenance: A.H. Baldwin ticket in the hand of Albert Henry Frederick Baldwin (1889-1970). A. H. Baldwin stock ticket in the hand of Peter Mitchell (1933-).
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H3241 - The Kingdom of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Silver Penny, 1.64g., Two Line type, moneyer Beornhere, +EADVVEARD REX, around cross pattée, rev., BEORNERE MO in two lines separated by a row of three cross pattée's, trefoil of pellets above and a trefoil of pellets below, (N.649; S.1087), good very fine, toned, a handsome full round coin, scarce. $1995
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Irregular Mint in the Reconquered Danelaw Ex Lockett Collection GF8 - The Kingdom of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Silver Penny, 1.60g., post c.915, Two Line type, Late II (C) style, Unknown Irregular Mint in the Danelaw, +EVDVVERD REX (die possibly recut) within a circle around cross pattée, rev., blundered legend in two lines separated by a row of three cross pattée's, a trefoil of pellet above and below (N.649; S.1087), a full round exceptionally well struck coin on a broad flan, rich old cabinet tone, practically as struck, rare and interesting. $1995 SOLD Provenance: Ex Richard Cyril Lockett (1873-1950), sold at auction, lot 3675 Ticket in the hand of Elmore Jones (1898-1982). The Morley St. Peter (Norfolk) hoard of 1958 (SCBI 26), contained a large number of coins of Edward the Elder of a distinctive well executed but blundered style. This coin belongs to this analogous group which is thought to have been struck in East Anglia or somewhere close by in the East Midlands around the time it was taken back from the Vikings by Edward in 917. The mint responsible for this derivative issue can perhaps be best understood as an expediency during the reconquest of this region that operated under quasi-official control. For more information see Blunt, Stewart and Lyon, Coinage in Tenth Century England, 1989, pp.52-55.
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Rare, Edward the Elder, Anglo-Saxon Church Tower or Reliquary type

H3329 - Edward the Elder (899-924), Silver Penny, 1.47g., Anglo-Saxon Church Tower or Reliquary type, moneyer Eadmund, c.910-c.915, North West Mercian mint, +EADVVEARD REX, around cross pattée, rev., EADVMHD across field, divided by an Anglo-Saxon church or reliquary box, (N.666; S.1083), a classic type, good style, frayed edge, otherwise of sound fabric, no cracks, extremely fine, toned and very rare. $5995 SOLD As the authors of Coinage in Tenth Century England suggest the exceptional reverse types were struck in English Mercia, under the authority of Edward's sister Æthelflæd, "Lady of the Mercians", their elaborate and distinctive designs purposely distinguishing them from the generic two line types of her brother and overlord in Wessex. Likely mints are Chester and Shrewsbury. The design has been interpreted as either a building, in the form of a church tower or the gateway to a burh or as a reliquary box containing the remains of an otherwise unknown saint. CTCE record only thirty examples of this type, ten by this moneyer.