1475. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Æthelheard. 793-805. AR Penny (19mm, 1.34 g, 6h). First issue, Offa as overlord. Canterbury mint. Struck circa 792-circa 796. Ḷ ⍒⌓ዝƗ⌦⎳/⍒⎀ዝ Pℽ⎴˸Ɨ (bar over final Ɨ), cross-crosslet / Ḷ ℽ⌘⌘⍒ ⎀⌓ҟ m⌓⎀ü, cross botonnée. Chick 243b (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North –; SCBC 884. Good VF, very light porosity. One of only two known of this type. ($4000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 12 May 2011. Ex Marion Sinton Collection (Triton VI, 14 January 2003), lot 1318. Possibly struck after Aethelheard’s election as Archbishop in late 792 but before his consecration in 793.
1476. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Æthelheard. 793-805. AR Penny (19mm, 1.36 g, 3h). Fourth issue, Coenwulf as overlord. Canterbury mint. Struck circa 797/8-805. ⍒⌓ዝ Ɨ⌦/H ⌓⍒⎀ ዝ ⍒⎀ around pelleted circle, with cruciform arms, containing barred ⌓P / Ḱ ùɭ ⌓⎴⎍ ⌦⌘ ⎀⌓ ҟ/M ⎍ / in two lines around the angles of a two-lined tribrach moline. Cf. Naismith C22.3 (for rev. type); SCBI –; BMC –; cf. North 233 (for rev. type); SCBC 886 (this coin illustrated). VF, small edge split. The only known example with this obverse type. ($3000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 211 (13 December 2011), lot 7. The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.
1477. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Wulfred. 805-832. AR Penny (20mm, 1.28 g, 5h). Group II. Canterbury mint; Sæbeorht, moneyer. Struck circa 810-822/3. ม єє⌦⌘⎀⌓ዝƗ ⍒⎀üHƗ⌓PƗӲüɭP=, tonsured bust facing / ม Ӳ⍒⌓B⌓⎀Hͻ mɭ⎴⌓ͻ¥, Dorobernia Civitas monogram. Naismith C46.1f = EMC 2010.0149 = Coin Register 2011, A.144 (this coin); cf. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 438; BMC 27; North 240; SCBC 888 (reverse of this coin illustrated). Good VF, toned. Rare. ($5000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Timeline Auctions (10 September 2010), lot 342. Found near Oxborough, Norfolk, on 5 April 2010.
1478. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Wulfred. 805-832. AR Penny (20mm, 1.30 g, 8h). Unlisted Group, obverse similar to Groups VI-VII. Canterbury mint; Sæbeorht, moneyer. Struck circa 823-832. ม єє⌦ ⌘⎀⌓ዝ, tonsured bust facing, extending to outer edge / ม Ӳ/¥/⌓B⌓⎀Hͻ, cross pattée. Cf. Naismith C67.2a (for obv. type); SCBI –; BMC –; EMC 2015.0140 = PAS BH-24D8C4 = Coin Register 2015, 91 (this coin); North –; cf. SCBC 891–2 (for obv.). VF, a little soft on obverse, minor edge knock. The sole example known of this type. ($3000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased May 2015. Found Abbots Langley, Hertfordshire, by 2015.
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