KING ALFRED (THE GREAT) PENNY - Moneyer Tilewine London, 886-88.
Obverse: Diademed portrait bust of Alfred right. Text around AELFRED REX.
Reverse: LVNDONIA (London) monogram, triangle of three pellets top and bottom, cross pattee to the left and cross to the right. Text above TILEVINE MONETA.
Obverse: Diademed portrait bust of Alfred right. Text around AELFRED REX.
Reverse: LVNDONIA (London) monogram, triangle of three pellets top and bottom, cross pattee to the left and cross to the right. Text above TILEVINE MONETA.
Obverse: Diademed portrait bust of Alfred right. Text around AELFRED REX.
Reverse: LVNDONIA (London) monogram, triangle of three pellets top and bottom, cross pattee to the left and cross to the right. Text above TILEVINE MONETA.
Alfred the Great was King of the West Saxons from 871 to 886, and King of the Anglo-Saxons from 886 until his death in 899. He was the youngest son of King Æthelwulf and his first wife Osburh, who both died when Alfred was young.