Triton XIX, Lot: 880. Estimate $7500. Sold for $8000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (20mm, 1.31 g, 3h). Group III-IV. Portrait type. Rochester mint; Dunn, moneyer. Struck circa 810-821. + COENVVLF REX (barred Mercian m), diademed bust right / + DVNN mONETA around inner circle containing cross surrounded by four crescents. Naismith R1.3a (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; cf. North 357; SCBC 917. Near EF, well struck with an attractive old tone. Extemely rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 52 (25 September 2007), lot 165.