LOT 2513
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf, Kings of Mercia - AR Penny Fragment 796-821 A.D.
Obv: [+]COENVV[LF REX?] around an inner circle. Rev: triangle and remains of other characters around an inner circle. Good fine.(0.31 grams, 16 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
LiteratureS. 915-927.
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LOT 2513
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf, Kings of Mercia - AR Penny Fragment
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issue - Series E - AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head right with eyes, beak, and legs below. Rev: standard with four lines, two pellets and central pellet-in-annulet. 1.23 grams, 12.05 mm.
Extremely fine, well struck with sharp details. Very rare.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Pelletted Helmet AR Sceatta c.680-c.710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmeted bust right with X behind. Rev: small cross on steps in centre with annulets around blundered arrangement of letters. 1.08 grams, 11 mm.
Good fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Alfred the Great - Canterbury/Hebeca - Base AR Lunettes Penny 871-899 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Obv: profile bust right with +AELBRED REX legend. Rev: lunettes broken at edges with HEBECA for moneyer Hebeca between MON and ETA. 1.08 grams, 20.09 mm.
Very fine, edge chip. Very rare.
Found near Linton, Cambridgeshire, UK, on 13 January 2024.
Adrian W. Lyons and William A. Mackay The Lunettes Coinage of Alfred The Great, One of the authors of the above article, William MacKay, has commented as follows: 'This accords with BNJ Lyon and MacKay 2008, Alfred lunettes Mercian style obverse, var. V – see page 49. The bust aligns with the group V obverses of Burgred, in this case specifically type V5 – MacKay 2015, p. 127 and plate nos 152-182. The moneyer named on the coin is Hebeca. He appears as one the two moneyers striking lunettes pennies for Archbishop Ceolnoth so was likely Canterbury based. The Mercian style obverse die would likely have been cut at one of the Mercian mint workshops at London. The reverse type D – crooks - as here is scarce for Alfred.'
