Details
LOT 2554
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishops of Canterbury - Ceolnoth / Hebeca - Inscribed Open Cross AR Penny 854-864 A.D.
BMC type 30. Obv: facing tonsured bust extending to edge of flan with +CEOLNOÐ ARCHIEP legend. Rev: open long cross with +HEBE / CA MO across and upwards and N E T A in angles (thus reading HEBECA MONETA) for the moneyer Hebeca at Canterbury mint. Near as struck; split to flan. Rare.(1.08 grams.).
Provenance
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
Published
See British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-BFBAC6 (this coin).
Literature
S. 894; N. 245; see SCBI 67 (BM Anglo-Saxon II) 815 (different dies); see Naismith, C154.
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LOT 2554
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishops of Canterbury - Ceolnoth / Hebeca - Inscribed Open Cross AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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