271, Lot: 190. Estimate $5000. Sold for $13000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (21mm, 1.33 g, 12h). Cross Moline type (Group IVg.iii). Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Oba, moneyer. Struck circa 815-821. + COENVVLF REX m, diademed bust right / † OBA † mON † ETA, short cross moline over short cross in saltire. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 399-400; Blunt, Coinage, Cn 66 = BMC 76 corr. (no crosses in rev. legend; same dies); North 348; SCBC 916. EF, attractively toned. Very rare.

Property of Princeton Economics acquired by Martin Armstrong. Ex Triton II (1 December 1998), lot 1254.