CNG 97, Lot: 979. Estimate $4000. Sold for $4750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.32 g, 6h). Mint in East Anglia (Ispwich?); Woddel, moneyer. Struck circa 800-821. + C◊ENVVLF REX, diademed and draped bust right / PO d E L+ in arms of long cross-crosslet with lozenge-shaped panel at center containing pellet-in-annulet surrounded by four pellets. Naismith E13.3e = EMC 2010.0055 (this coin); SCBI 20 (Mack), 590 var. (rev. legend, no annulet in center of rev.); BMC 91 var. (no annulet in center of rev.); North 370; SCBC 920. Good VF, toned, light porosity, faint circulation marks under tone. Rare.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Coins & Antiquities, March 2011. Found at Great Cressingham, Norfolk, January 2010.