CNG 97, Lot: 980. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Ceolwulf I. 821-823. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 11h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Herebeorht, moneyer. + CEOLVVF REX (barred Mercian M), diademed and draped bust right / HER EBE+ RHT in three lines (the 2nd and 3rd inverted), divided by two lines with hooked finials. Naismith E17l = EMC 2006.0172 = Coin Register 2007, no. 266 (this coin); SCBI 20 (Mack), 594; BMC 108; North 392; SCBC 927. Good VF, darkly toned, bent flan with associated small edge split. Very rare.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex Spink 200 (1 October 2009), lot 7. Found by metal detectorist in Willington, Bedfordshire, October 2005.