Triton XIX, Lot: 882. Estimate $15000. Sold for $40000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Ceolwulf I. 821-823. AR Penny (21mm, 1.46 g, 11h). Group 1. Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Sigestef, moneyer. + CEOLVVF REX (barred Mercian M), diademed bust right / + SIGESTEF mONET around inner circle containing large A with central pellet. Naismith C50.1b (this coin); SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 352; BMC -; North 376; SCBC 921 (this coin illustrated). Choice EF, lightly toned and in excellent metal. A superb and highly desirable coin with a magnificent pedigree.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from Mark Rasmussen, 22 June 2007. Ex Bruun Rasmussen 764 (11 December 2006), lot 5412; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining, 22 January 1952), lot 633; P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 November 1916), lot 884; F. McClean [“Astronomer”] Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 11 June 1906), lot 99; H. Montagu Collection (Part I, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 18 November 1895), lot 257; Rev. E. J. Shepherd Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 22 July 1885), lot 23; Capt. R. M. Murchison (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 28 May 1866) lot 93; Rev. T. F. Dymock Collection.

Coins of Ceolwulf I struck outside East Anglia are very difficult to obtain.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.