1520. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Ecgberht. 802-839. AR Penny (21mm, 1.28 g, 1h). West Saxon mint (Southampton or Winchester?); Ifa, moneyer. ม ⌓üŭB⌓ɭ⎀H˶ ⎀⌓ҟ, ⌽aҟɭ⎴ in monogram form / ม ዢōa ዦɭ⎴⌓˶a, cross pattée. Naismith W8.1d (same obv. die); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 232; BMA 398; EMC 2010.0267 = Coin Register 2011, A.158 (this coin); North 589; SCBC 1041 (this coin illustrated). VF, creased and lightly porous. Broad flan. Very rare. ($3000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection, purchased from Mark Rasmussen, 19 August 2010. Found near Basingstoke, Hampshire, July 2010. Despite greatly increasing the power and wealth of his kingdom, Ecgberht struck very few coins in Wessex. The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.
1521. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.26 g, 6h). Rochester mint; Dunn, moneyer. Struck 839-844. ⌓ĕ⌓ǧ⎍⎍ǧ⌘ ʽĺҟ, diademed bust right / ຝ ĕ⎍ዧ ȭɯዧ⌓˶⍒, cross pattée. Naismith C20.1 a = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 134 (this coin); BMA 422 (same dies); North 594; SCBC 1043 corr. (Canterbury and Rochester). Good VF, toned. A very rare issue at Rochester. ($5000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 207 (23 March 2011), lot 23; E. M. Norweb Collection (Part 1, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 44, purchased from A.H. Baldwin, June 1963; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 22 January 1952), lot 697; 1893 Middle Temple Hoard (IBCH 366).
1522. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 12h). Canterbury mint. Manna, moneyer. Struck 844-849. ส ⌓T⌓ዢєєƺ⌓ ʽĺม, diademed bust right / ຝ ⍵©⎴⎴© ዢዢɯH⌓˶©, cross-crosslet. Naismith C115.3l (this coin); SCBI 2 (Glasgow), 543; BMA 427; North 610; SCBC 1047. Good VF, toned. Very rare. ($5000) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex J. Hall Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 71, 20 September 2006), lot 35; Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 395; F. Knobloch Collection (Coin Galleries, 12 November 1986), lot 992; V. J. E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining’s, 22 January 1952), lot 698.
1523. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.13 g, 11h). Rochester mint; Æthelhere, moneyer. Struck 844-846/7. ๘ ⌓T⌓ǧ⎍⎍ǧ⌘ ʽ⌓ҟ, cross pattée; wedges in angles / ๘ ⌓T⌓ǧH⌓ʽ⌓, cross with two limbs moline. Naismith R22; SCBI 30 (American), 284; BMC 89; North 607; SCBC 1046. Good VF, reverse double struck, minor edge loss. Very rare. ($1500) From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Dix, Noonan, Webb 99 (14 March 2012), lot 366.
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