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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 26

(x) Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, 1.32g, 12h, portrait / cross and wedges type (c.805-810), Canterbury, Werheard, + coenvvlf - rex m, diademed and draped bust right, breaking solid inner circle, rev. + verheardi moneta, he and ne ligate, around solid inner circle containing cross pommée, wedge in each angle (Naismith C28j this coin; N.344; S.915), full and round and of good metal, a most attractive portrait piece, almost extremely fine, rare

provenance:
DNW, 26 September 2006, lot 26
P Finn list 19, May 2001, no. 57
P Finn list 14, September 1998, no. 82
P Finn list 7, Summer 1996, no. 75
Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1982, no. 6636

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