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| Estimated Value 2014 £1650 |
Coenwulf 796-821 AD
Size Approx. 20.25 -20.75 mm Weight 1.46g.
1. Mercia, East Anglia, possibly Ipswich
Diademed bust right, moneyer Wihtred, rev., +Þ:.I:.H:.T:R:.E:.D, 1.35g, (S.919, N.365, c.f. Naismith E12.5 - but of different style). A previously unrecorded type, tiny edge split at 4 o'clock and slightly creased, nearly very fine.
Provenance: Found near Kimbolton, Cambs, 2012, recorded with Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2. Coenwulf 'Tribach Moline' Penny. Silver, 1.41 grams; 19.60 mm. Substantive Type, Group I (796 A.D. - circa 805 A.D.). +COENVVL:F REX, around 'm' with line above, within inner circle. R. Tribach moline of two lines, ED./EL/MOD . in angles, Moneyer, Ethelmod (Ethelnoth) at Canterbury. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2005.0215 N 342; BMC 93; Cn. 5-22; S 914 variant. Good Extremely Fine, practically uncirculated. Only eight other coins of this moneyer and type, and only one with similar punctuation/privy marks recorded with the Medieval Coin Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Sylloge of Coins (SCBI) of the British Isles.
Time Line says: "One of the best examples of a Saxon penny we have ever seen, and the best of it's type recorded."
A leading museum expert writes: "A magnificent example of North 342. The plain tribach seems to be normal for this moneyer".
Diademed bust right, moneyer Wihtred, rev., +Þ:.I:.H:.T:R:.E:.D, 1.35g, (S.919, N.365, c.f. Naismith E12.5 - but of different style). A previously unrecorded type, tiny edge split at 4 o'clock and slightly creased, nearly very fine.
Provenance: Found near Kimbolton, Cambs, 2012, recorded with Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge
2. Coenwulf 'Tribach Moline' Penny. Silver, 1.41 grams; 19.60 mm. Substantive Type, Group I (796 A.D. - circa 805 A.D.). +COENVVL:F REX, around 'm' with line above, within inner circle. R. Tribach moline of two lines, ED./EL/MOD . in angles, Moneyer, Ethelmod (Ethelnoth) at Canterbury. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2005.0215 N 342; BMC 93; Cn. 5-22; S 914 variant. Good Extremely Fine, practically uncirculated. Only eight other coins of this moneyer and type, and only one with similar punctuation/privy marks recorded with the Medieval Coin Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum and Sylloge of Coins (SCBI) of the British Isles.
Time Line says: "One of the best examples of a Saxon penny we have ever seen, and the best of it's type recorded."
A leading museum expert writes: "A magnificent example of North 342. The plain tribach seems to be normal for this moneyer".
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