Triton XX, Lot: 1475. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Æthelheard. 793-805. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 6h). First issue, Offa as overlord. Canterbury mint. Struck circa 792-circa 796. (cross of pellets) AEDIL(HE)•ARD P◊NT(barred I), cross-crosslet / (cross of pellets) ◊FFA REX mERC, cross botonnée. Chick 243b (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North –; SCBC 884. Good VF, very light porosity. One of only two known of this type.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 12 May 2011. Ex Marion Sinton Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 1318.

Possibly struck after Aethelheard’s election as Archbishop in late 792 but before his consecration in 793