Rare Wulfred Issue
ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Wulfred. 805-832. AR Penny (21mm, 1.32 g). Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Saeberht, moneyer. Struck circa 815-823. + VVLFRED A RCHIEPi, tonsured facing bust / + SAEBERHT MONETΛ,
Dorobernia civitas monogram. Naismith 46.2k = BLS 6 (
this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 760-1; North 240/1; SCBC 889. Toned, minute flan crack. Near EF. Pleasing portrait. Rare.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CI.9 (November 1993), no. 7819 (there noted as “a most attractive specimen on a very full flan, EF and very rare”).
