Coins, Tokens and Historical Medals

Kings of Mercia, BRITISH COINS, Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Portrait type, East Anglia, Wihtred, crude diademed bust right, rev. :p:in:t·r:ed:, cross, pellet in each angle, 1.23g/11h (Naismith E12.1a, this coin; BLS Cn103; N 367; S 916). Good very fine, dark tone, rare £2,400-3,000

Provenance: Sir John Evans Collection; Lord Grantley Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 22-3 March 1944, lot 854; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 4-6 November 1958, lot 2654; E.J. Harris Collection; Baldwin Auction 52, 25 September 2007, lot 167; A. Wayne Collection