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LOT 2227

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf - East Anglia / Lul - Quatrefoil Penny Circa 798 A.D.

Obv: profile bust right with +COENVVLF REX M legend starting at 10 o'clock and with Mercian 'M' at end. Rev: beaded cross within quadrilobe with + L V L in angles with pellet rosettes around. Good very fine. Rare.(1.29 grams.).

Provenance

Found near Brookland, Kent, UK, 2022.
Property of a Kent gentleman.

Literature

S. 919; N. 363.

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LOT 2227

Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf - East Anglia / Lul - Quatrefoil Penny

Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,106

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