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LOT 3820

Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.

✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle.
North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.(1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.).

Provenance

Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536.

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LOT 3820

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

Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)

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