Alfred AR Penny. First coinage, AD 871-875. Possibly Canterbury mint. Moneyer Ealhere. 19 mm. 1.21 g. Lunettes C type.

+AELBRED REX, diademed bust right, wearing double-banded diadem surmounted by crescent.
MON EALHERE ETA in three lines in three sections (upper and lower sections as lunettes with broken curved lines with hooked ends).

Seaby 1057; North 627; BMC -; Mackay -.

Contributed by RWVS, Dec. 2019.