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Auction: 13013 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 568

Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, 1.29g, cross and wedges type, c.805-10, Canterbury, Beornferth, diademed bust right, legend commencing at 12 o'clock, +coenvlf-rex m, uncial m, contraction bar above, rev. +beornfreÐ moneta, uncial letter m, wedges in angles (Naismith C23 - this reverse die not noted; N.344; S.915), creased, lightly porous surfaces, slightly double struck on obverse, very fine, rare

provenance
Found 2012, near Moreton, Essex
Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2013.0121

Sold for
£1,500