4th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
♦Anglo-Saxon, Coenwulf, King of Mercia (796-821), Silver Penny. non-portrait tribrach type, Canterbury Mint, moneyer Eoba; obv. COENVVLF REX around beaded inner circle enclosing uncial ‘m’ (Mercian) with contraction mark above, rev. three-lined tribrach moline, EOBA in angles; wt. 1.04g, several edge chips & an old crack across centre sometime repaired, some discolouration & light surface deposits but all lettering clear both sides, AVF RARE.
Sold for £360
Estimated at £400 - £600
Auction: Coins & Banknotes, 4th May, 2022
To include a wide selection of early and late hammered coinage, including Anglo-Saxon and medieval examples, and milled coinage from the reign of Elizabeth I onwards.
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