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Auction: 23005 - The "Haddenham" Collection of English Coins
Lot: 143

The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Group III, 'Portrait' Type, Penny, c. 810-822/23, East Anglian Issues - Ipswich [?], Wodel, + CENVVLF REX M, lozenge shaped O, diademed bust right, wearing simple barred tunic, rev. + P d E L, lozenge shaped O, in angles of beaded cross with annulets in circles at centre and terminals, [Spink XRF: 91.42% Ag; 5.65% Cu; 1.81% Fe; 0.735% Pb; 0.386% Au], 1.26g, 9h (BLS Cn 111-113; Naismith E13.1 unlisted [9 Recorded]; SCBI 16 [Norweb], 97; SCBI 67 [BM], 206-211; EMC 2018.0042 [Upton Grey, Hants] same dies; Williams I, 32; North 369; Spink 920), cracked through portrait with resultant daylight spots, with further crimping to edges, otherwise rich dark soil patina, on a handsomely full round flan, struck details a really bold very fine, an excellent type coin

Provenance

T Mathews, by private treaty, 1989 - £650

~ An evident recent metal detecting discovery at the time of purchase, for which alas no trace of findspot has been found ~

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Sold for
£850

Starting price
£200