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LOT 3292

Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.

London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.(1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.).

Provenance

Found near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043.

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LOT 3292

Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600

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