437, Lot: 639. Estimate $750. Sold for $450. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (19mm, 1.30 g, 7h). Tribrach type. Canterbury mint; Æthelmod, moneyer. Struck 797/8-circa 805. + COEHVVLF REX (initial cross of four pellets), barred Mercian M / EÞ EL MO/D (M and D ligate) in the angles of two-lined tribrach moline. Naismith C.11 var. (unlisted variety); EMC 2017.011 var. (same obv. die, slightly different rev. legend); North 342; SCBC 914. VF, toned, bent and straightened with minor edge loss and some cracking. Very rare.