Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-70), Penny, Canterbury, Hebeca, [–]olnod archiep, tonsured bust facing, rev. hebeca moneta in and around cross, 1.12g/6h (Naismith C154g, this coin; N 245; S 894). Chipped, approximately 10% of flan missing, cleaned at one time, otherwise about extremely fine, rare £800-£1,000

Provenance: SNC June 1984 (3577); SNC June 1986 (3966); Spink Auction 62, 19 November 1987, lot 270; D. Sellwood Collection, Baldwin Auction, 4 June 2016, lot 294