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Historica & Metal Detecting Finds 3% Surcharge(#184) 25/11/2019 10:00 AM GMT CLOSED!

Lot 1058 of 217: Anglo-Saxon, incomplete silver penny struck for Coenwulf of Mercia (AD 796-821) 'middle coinage' dating c. AD 805-810. Moneyer WERHEARD at the mint of Canterbury. Obverse: +[......]LF REX M, diademed bust right within solid inner border. Reverse: [...]HEARD M[.....], open-ended cross with oval limbs, containing smaller cross with small pelleted centre, wedges in angles of the former. About Fine, though with c. 1/3 of flan missing. Very rare, slightly bowed in places, internal flan split visible

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Lot closed - Winning bid:£280 (10 bids)
Estimate: £320 - £400

Historica & Metal Detecting Finds 3% Surcharge(#184)  25/11/2019 10:00 AM GMT  CLOSED!