Triton XVI, Lot: 1546. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1800. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (20mm, 1.21 g, 3h). Cross Crosslet type (Group III). Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Dealla, moneyer. Struck circa 810-821. + COENVVL·F REX m, diademed bust right / + DEALLA MONETA, cross crosslet, with pellet in each quarter. Naismith type C38.1d (this coin); SCBI –; BMC 66 var. (no pellets); North 356; SCBC 916. VF, toned, some minor edge loss and piercing. Very rare.

Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s 9443, 22 April 1999), lot 304; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part I, Glendining, 28 June 1950), lot 622; Gilbert C. Drabble Collection (Glendining, 4 July 1939), lot 325 (where it sold for 2/10/-).