Sale: Triton VII, Lot: 1242. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Monday, 12 January 2004.  Sold For $3000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON. Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (1.40 gm). Struck circa 810-820. Canterbury mint; Diormod, moneyer. +COENVVLF REX m, diademed bust right / +DIORmOD mONETA, "pincer cross"—voided cross with open ends, wedges in quarters. SCBI 30, 190 (this coin); BMC 68; Blunt et al. 37; North 347; SCBC 916. Toned, good VF. [See color enlargement on plate 23] ($2000)

Ex John W. Garrett Collection (Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16-18 October 1984), lot 734; purchased Spink, 17 November 1926 (includes collection ticket).