CNG 96, Lot: 1396. Estimate $2000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (19mm, 1.30 g, 7h). Tribrach type. Lundene (London) mint; Eanmund, moneyer. Struck 797/8-circa 805. + C◊ENVVLF REX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pellet circle / EAN MV ND within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L11c–d (same dies); SCBI –; BMC 95 (same dies); North 342; SCBC 914. Good VF, darkly toned, minor edge chip. Extremely rare, only five recorded by Naismith, none in CoinArchives.

From the Andrew Wayne Collection.