Ex Ridgemount, Lockett, and Reynolds Collections
975484. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (20mm, 1.46 g, 6h). Caentwarabyrig (Canterbury) mint; Oba, moneyer. Struck circa 810-821. + COENVVLF REX m, diademed bust right / † OBA † mON † ETA, cross moline. Naismith C41.2f (this coin); SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 399 = MEC 1, 1150; BMC –; North 352; SCBC 916. EF, toned. ($8750) Ex Ridgemount Collecton (Spink 69, 20 April 1989), lot 35; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part III, Glendining, 28 May 1959), lot 2653; H. M. Reynolds Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson and Hodge, 4 May 1914), lot 9. Ruling over the early medieval kingdom of Mercia for a quarter century, Coenwulf served as the final Mercian king to exercise dominance over some of the surrounding kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, such as East Anglia and Kent. During his reign, Mercia remained one of the dominant forces in dark age England. Following his death, however, the kingdom quickly fell permanently out of his family, and the rise of the Kingdom of Wessex began under Egbert, eventually leading to a unification of the various kingdoms under the Wessex king, Aethelstan, nearly a century later in 927.
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973936
975490. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (19mm, 1.30 g, 5h). Lunette Type A (BMC a). Lundene (London) mint; Dudwine, moneyer. Struck circa 868-874. BVRGRED REX m, diademed bust right / DVDPINE across central field; (trefoil) MON (trefoil) (trefoil) ETΛ (trefoil) in lunettes above and below. SCBI 36 (Berlin), 77 (same dies); BMC 260-1; North 423; SCBC 938. Near EF, lightly toned. Good metal. ($1450) 973936. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (20mm, 1.16 g, 5h). Lunette Type A (BMC a). Lundene (London) mint; Eadwulf, moneyer. Struck circa 868-874. BVRGRED REX |ˇ|’, diademed bust right / + EΛDVLF across central field; (trefoil) MON (trefoil) (trefoil) ETΛ (trefoil) in lunettes above and below. SCBI 42 (Southeastern), 662-3 var. (no cross in rev. legend); BMC 271-2; North 423; SCBC 938. Good VF, toned. ($1250)
974404. ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 895-900. AR Penny (20 mm, 1.27 g, 9h). Eoforwic (York) mint. + SIEFREDVS REX, cross and crosslets / + EB IAI CEC IVI, cross pattée with trefoil at each quarter. L&S class IIIa; SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 199 (same dies); BMC 1023; North 494; SCBC 979. EF, toned. Well struck. Rare. ($4500) From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Ross Schraeder Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 81, 14 May 2008), lot 2130.
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