Lot 112
Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf 796-821. AR Penny, Group 1B, Canterbury

Ancient, British & World Coins - Auction 120 | C25001
Auction: 12 March 2025 at 10:00 GMT
£1,440
Description
Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf 796-821. AR Penny, Group 1B, Canterbury, Seberht (Struck circa 796-805). M in central beaded circle, +COENVVL:F R.EX around, rev. In angles of double-line tribrach moline; SEBERHT (HT ligatured), pellets around and within. 1.37gm. (BMC Anglo-Saxon I,--; C.E. Blunt et al, "The Coinage of Southern England, 796-840" (BNJ XXXII [1963]), pg. 51, 12; N 342; S 914). Good Very Fine, beautiful gun-metal toning, very small edge dent above F of R in SEBERHT. Rare moneyer.

