ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelberht. 858-865/6. AR Penny (21mm, 1.26 g, 7h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hereferth, moneyer. Circa 858-864. + ΛEÐELBEΛR(HT) REX, draped bust right / + (HE)REFR EÐ MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C188b (
this coin); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 664; North 620; SCBC 1053. Toned, traces of hard green deposits. EF. Rare.
Ex Dr. Irving Schneider Collection; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXIX.6 (June 1971), no. 6795.
