ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.27 g, 12 or 3h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hebeca, moneyer. Struck circa 854-864. EF.

Keystone 16 – The David C. Bianchi II Collection
Lot: 44.
Closing Date: May 20 2026 10:00 ET

British – Anglo-Saxon & Norman, Silver

Estimate: $ 2 000

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ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.27 g, 12 or 3h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hebeca, moneyer. Struck circa 854-864. Tonsured and draped facing bust / + HEBE :· CA MO N E T A arranged in limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C154i = SCBI 30 (North American), 224 (this coin); North 245; SCBC 894. Toned, minor edge loss. EF. Rare.

From the David C. Bianchi II Collection. Ex Ealing Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 111, 29 May 2019), lot 1060; Spink Numismatic Circular CXIII.2 (April 2005), no. HS2000; Triton VII (13 January 2004), lot 1239; John Work Garrett Collection (Part II, Numismatic Fine Arts & Leu, 16 October 1984), lot 772, purchased from St. Louis Coin & Stamp, 21 October 1923.

Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury (833-870) labored to protect the integrity and interests of the English Church in the clash between Mercia and Wessex. He would also be forced to deal with the destruction wrought by the Viking Great Army (865-878).

Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2026 at 10:14:20 ET.



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