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LOT 3743

Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. Struck circa 810-821. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Large portrait type.

[✠ CO]ENVVLF REX m, diademed and draped bust to right / ✠ [SVVEF]HERD MONETΛ, cross fourchée with pellets in angles. Naismith C43e; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 571; North 353; SCBC 916. Good Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped. Rare.(0.99gr, 21mm, 3h.).

Provenance

From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.

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LOT 3743

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

Sold for (Inc. bp): £494

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