ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (18mm, 1.26 g, 5h). Tribrach type. Canterbury mint; Sæbeorht, moneyer. Struck 797/8-circa 805. VF.

Keystone 16 – The David C. Bianchi II Collection
Lot: 46.
Closing Date: May 20 2026 10:00 ET

British – Anglo-Saxon & Norman, Silver

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (18mm, 1.26 g, 5h). Tribrach type. Canterbury mint; Sæbeorht, moneyer. Struck 797/8-circa 805. Barred Mercian m within beaded circle / SE BE R(HT) counterclockwise in angles of three-lined tribrach moline with pellets at ends. Naismith C15.2b = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 94 (this coin); North 342; SCBC 914. Old cabinet toning, chipped. VF. Apparently chipped between the time it was photographed for the SCBI and for the Spink sale.

From the David C. Bianchi II Collection. Ex Davissons E-Auction 15 (25 May 2016), lot 40; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part III, Spink 56, 19 November 1986), lot 762, purchased from Baldwin’s, April 1965.

Ruling over the early medieval kingdom of Mercia for a quarter century, Coenwulf served as the final Mercian king to exercise dominance over some of the surrounding kingdoms of the Anglo-Saxon Heptarchy, such as East Anglia and Kent. During his reign, Mercia remained one of the dominant forces in dark age England. Following his death, however, the kingdom quickly fell permanently out of his family, and the rise of the Kingdom of Wessex began under Egbert, eventually leading to a unification of the various kingdoms under the Wessex king, Aethelstan, nearly a century later in 927.

Closing Date and Time: 20 May 2026 at 10:15:00 ET.



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