Triton XXII, Lot: 1357. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Wulfred. 805-832. AR Penny (19mm, 1.20 g, 12h). Anonymous issue under Ecgberht of Wessex. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Struck circa 810-822/3. + SVVEFHERD MONETΛ, tonsured facing bust / · + ·/ DORO/BERNIΛ/ CIVITΛ/· S ·. EMC 2016.0342 (
this coin); Naismith 59.2j (same obv. die); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 44; BMC –; North 236; SCBC 890. Good VF, some minor edge loss. Rare.
Found at Louth, Lincolnshire 2016.