Triton XIX, Lot: 855. Estimate $4000. Sold for $5500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Eadberht Praen. Circa 796-798. AR Penny (19mm, 1.16 g, 12h). Canterbury mint; Duda, moneyer. EAD/BEAR(HT)/ REX in three lines; triple pellets to upper and lower left / m DVDA in two lines, Greek key motif below. Naismith C5.2a (this coin); SCBI –; North –; SCBC 875. VF, minor edge loss. The only recorded example of this type.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex “Collection of Coins of the Canterbury Mint” (Spink 211, 13 December 2011) lot 1, purchased from Spink, 2008; Derek Chick Collection.

Eadberht Praen ‘the priest’ assumed power in Kent after the death of Offa in 796. According to the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, Eadberht was captured, blinded and had his hands cut off when Coenwulf of Mercia reconquered Kent in 798