1479. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 1h). Group II. Canterbury mint; Beornwulf, moneyer. Struck circa 854-858. ม ü⌓ɭ⌦nɭT ⍒ያüHƗ⌓P (small bar), tonsured bust facing, extending to edge of flan; pellets flanking neck / ม ዛዢ¥ያ⎴ є⌦⌘ ዦɭ ⎴ ⌓ Ϳ ⍒ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C151f (this coin); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 85; BMC –; North 245; SCBC 894 (this coin illustrated). EF, well struck, richly toned. Excellent metal. Very rare. ($7500) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Prof. G. W. de Wit Collection (Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3055; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIII.6 (June 1975), no. 5482; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 338; P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 November 1916) lot 898. The Standard Catalogue of English Coins (50th edition) plate coin.
1480. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Plegmund. 890-914. AR Penny (22.5mm, 1.48 g, 5h). Group II. Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type. Canterbury mint; Beorhrthelm, moneyer. Struck circa 905-914/23. ม ዩ⌦⌓ŭዦ⎍ዧዝ ©ያüƟ⌓ዩ, small cross pattée / B⌓ያHͿ/⌓⌦⍵ ⍵ɭ in two lines; between, Ḩ above, Ḩ below. CTCE P.4(a) = Vatican Hoard 7 (this coin, illustrated in CTCE); SCBI –; BMC –; North 256; SCBC 900 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, toned, trace of red deposit on obverse. Very rare. ($4000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 83 (24 September 2013), lot 4276; Glendining’s (5 October 1987), lot 395; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Glendining, 4 November 1958), lot 2640; Vatican Hoard, Rome (Second portion, Glendining’s, 13 November 1930), lot 1. Lot includes a B. A. Seaby ticket, priced £30, and noting “Dr. Parker Coll.” The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.
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1481. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17.5mm, 1.26 g, 3h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. มɭ ŖŖ ⍒⎀ ⌓ҟ in angles of long cross botonnée with small lobe in each angle / ⌓ ∂ B A retrograde around in angles of a Celtic cross with fleurs on limbs and a central cross with pellet in each angle. Chick 117b = EMC 1988.0145 = Coin Register 1988, 145 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC 47 var. (name not retrograde); North 276; SCBC 904. VF, lightly toned. Rare. ($3000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 10 February 2014. Found near Newark, Nottinghamshire, 1997.
1482. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.14 g, 7h). Light coinage, portrait type. Canterbury mint; Peohtweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. ม ∂ŖŖ⍒ ⎀⌓ҟ ม, diademed bust right / P⌓ h є⍒ ⌦č in angles of a Celtic cross with a long cross fleury on limbs over central small saltire cross of petals. Chick 129a = EMC 2001.0778 (this coin); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 8; BMC 26; North 295; SCBC 905. VF, soft in center of obverse, toned. Very rare. ($2500) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from John Philpotts, 12 May 2011. Ex Derek Chick Collection (with ticket). Found at Fordwich, near Canterbury, Kent, October 1985.
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