ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Wulfred. 805-832. AR Penny (21mm, 1.36 g, 6h). Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Circa 810-822/3. + VVLFRED Λ RCHIEPI, tonsured and draped facing bust; three pellets to either side / + SVVEFHERD MONETΛ,
Dorobernia civitas monogram. Naismith C47.2e = BLS 8c (
this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 763; North 240/1; SCBC 889. Richly toned, a few spots of hard green, some light die wear. Good VF. Rare. A bold facing portrait.
Ex Causeway Collection, purchased from AMR Coins; M. Lessen (Dix Noonan Webb 146, 25 April 2018), lot 195, purchased from Baldwin’s, 1981; Sir John Hanham Collection; G.C Drabble (Part II, Glendining, 13 December 1943), lot 818); A. Mann (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 29 October 1917), lot 140; T. Bliss (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 22 March 1916), lot 47; H. Montagu (Part I, 18 November 1895), lot 306.
