Crisply Struck Æthelberht

5751665.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelberht. 858-865/6. AR Penny (21mm, 1.19 g, 9h). Inscribed Cross type (BMC i). Canterbury mint; Sæferth, moneyer. Struck 854-858. + ΛEÐELBEΛR(HT) REX, diademed bust right / + SEFREÐ MONETA, in and around the arms of a beaded cross. Naismith C199b (this coin); SCBI –; BMC 48; North 620; SCBC 1053. Attractively toned. EF. A crisply struck coin. Rare.

Ex Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 908; Baldwin's 30 (7 May 2002), lot 565; L. R. Stack Collection (Sotheby, 22 April 1999), lot 404; Ridgemount Collection (Spink 69, 20 April 1989), lot 50; R. C. Lockett Collection (Part III, Glendining 4 November 1958), lot 2697; Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 988 (part of); [then probably ex J. W. Scholes Collection (Glendining, 12 June 1929), lot 291; Spink Numismatic Circular XXXV.4 (April 1927), no. 66986a; W.J. Andrew Collection; Shepherd Collection (Sotheby, 20 November 1847), lot 65]..