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LOT 193
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,910
British Anglo-Saxon - Archbishops of Canterbury - Wulfred - Group II Monogram Penny - Sæbeorht
C. 810-815 AD. Group II, Transitional Monogram. Obv: facing tonsured bust of Archbishop Wulfred without pellet to each side and +VVLFREDI ARCHIEPISCOPI legend. Rev: DOROBERNIA C monogram with +SAEBERHT MONETA legend for the moneyer Sæbeorht at Canterbury mint. 1.39 grams.
Very fine, reverse a little weak.
LITERATURE:
S. 888; N. 240; cf EMC 2002.0004 (possible obverse die duplicate).
FOOTNOTES:
The reverse die not included among the five Group II specimens listed in EMC/SCBI. One specimen of the obverse die possibly recorded (EMC 2002.0004).
