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Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4

Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (3 weeks from now)

Lots: 1152

Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00

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Auction Summary

La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4", programada para el 14 de enero de 2025, presenta una impresionante colección de 1152 lotes, destacando monedas de diversas épocas y regiones. Entre las piezas más notables se encuentra un estater de plata de Arkadia, datado entre 360-350 a.C., que muestra un magnífico retrato de Deméter y Hermes, con un precio estimado de 180,000 USD. También se destaca un denario de Bruto, famoso por conmemorar el asesinato de Julio César, que se ofrece por 150,000 USD, siendo considerado uno de los más icónicos de la numismática romana. Otro ejemplar notable es un estater de oro de Nektanebo II de Egipto, que representa un caballo y un collar jeroglífico, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Además, se presenta un dekadrachm de Siracusa, que es considerado uno de los más bellos de la antigüedad, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Estas monedas no solo son valiosas por su rareza y belleza, sino que también representan momentos significativos de la historia antigua, lo que las convierte en piezas de gran interés para coleccionistas y estudiosos.

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Grade: -

GERMANY, Regensburg (city). AR Medal – Schautaler (41mm, 38.27 g, 12h). Peace of Westphalia. By U. Gravenauer and H.S. Federer. Dated 1649. * SANCTA COLIMBA ORBI CONSERUA MVNERA PACIS *, Noah's Ark left on waves; above, rainbow and dove flying left, holding olive branch in beak; coat-of-arms below / 1649/ * FRIDEN */ DANKHFESTES/ GEDACHTNUS/ DER STATT REG/ENSPVRG DEN/ 16 8 BRIS */ ·S·P·Q·R· within wreath. Dethlefs & Ordelheide 160; cf. KM 119 (for similar gold dukat). Toned. In NGC encapsulation 6898643-001, graded MS 65.

From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

In 1648, the Thirty Years' War, which had been one of the longest and most destructive of European conflicts and involved most of the states of continental Europe, was concluded in a series of treaties signed throughout the year. Largely a religious war, it pitted Catholics, led by the Holy Roman Empire, the Catholic League, and the Spanish Empire, against the coalition of Protestant states and allies of central Europe and England, led by Sweden under its warrior-king, Gustavus II Adolphus.

Although known collectively as the Peace of Westphalia, because the treaties were signed in two Westphalian towns (Münster and Osnabrück) over the year 1648, the peace consisted of three separate signings. The first, signed on 30 January between Spain and the Dutch Republic, ended the Eighty Years' War (1568-1648). On 24 October, two further and complementary treaties were signed: one at Osnabrück between The Holy Roman Empire (and its allies) and Sweden (and its allies); the other, commemorated by this medal, between The Holy Roman Empire and France. The treaties were the result of a large diplomatic congress and resulted in a new central European political order. Known later as Westphalian sovereignty, it created the notion of the sovereign state – the first step in the concept of the modern nation-state.

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Grade: EF

GERMANY, Sachsen (Duchy & Electorate). Friedrich August II. Elector, 1733-1763. AR Medal (64mm, 116.2 g, 12h). On the Vikariat. By H.F. Wermuth. Dated 1741. (rosette) D . G . FRID . AVG . REX POL . DVX SAX . ARCHIMARESCHALL . ET ELECTOR, Friedrich August on horseback right, holding sword and reins / PRO LEGIS DEFENSIONE • /, open book inscribed AU/REA BUL/LA set on table; to right arm holding sword and emerging from cloud; in MDCCXLI • in exergue. Toned, marks, hairlines. EF. A popular type.

From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex El Dorado 9 (14 September 1985), lot 116.

This medal commemorates the “Vikariat,” or the brief interregnum following death of the Holy Roman Emperor and the election of his successor. Medals and coins on this subject were often issued in the German territories of the Empire.

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Grade: -

GUATEMALA, Colonial. Fernando VII. King of Spain, 1808-1833. AR 2 Reales Medal (27mm, 7.39 g, 12h). Proclamation of the Constitution of Cádiz in Guatemala. Nueva Guatemala mint. Dated 24 September 1812. (star) POR LA CONSTITUCION POLITICA DE LAS ESPAÑAS, JUSTICIA and EQUIDAD in radiant open book / (star) LA CIUD · DE GUATEM · 24 · DE SEPT · DE 1812 ·, crowned coat-of-arms of Guatemala. Stickney M33; Prober 210. Iridescent toning. In NGC encapsulation 6928251-008, graded MS 63. Top Pop.

From the Alexander Christopher Collection.

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Grade: Near EF

GUATEMALA, Provisonal Advisory Junta. September 1821-January 1822. AR Medal (43mm, 43.42 g, 12h). Declaration of Independence. Nueva Guatemala mint. By José Casildo España. Dated 15 September 1821. + GUATEMALA LIBRE * INDEPENDIENTE *, youth kneeling left, engraving base of obelisk 15 DE/ SEPTI–/ EMBRE/ DE/ 1821/ GENERL/ GAINZA; to lower left, scroll and book; to right, row of columns engraved Mo, L, and V / + EL LIBRE OFRECE PAZ * PERO EL SIERVO JAMAS *, winged Genus right, holding olive branch and separating globes depicting the unclasped hands of the Old and New Worlds. Stickney M51; Prober, Guatemala 230; Fonrobert 7206. Toned, lightly polished, hairlines, edge bumps. Near EF. Rare. Only 100 examples struck in silver.

From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex NASCA 58 (10 December 1985), lot 5893.

On the 15th of September 1821, in response to events in Mexico, a group of Guatemalan representatives met in Nueva Guatemala. Led by the governor general, Gambino Gainza, the representatives quickly agreed to follow the path of independence and, that same day, the Captaincy General of Guatemala issued a manifesto declaring their independence from the Spanish crown. A second manifesto was published the following day, organizing a Provisional Advisory Junta to govern until elections could be held.

Among the articles of the second manifesto was one ordering the creation of this medal to commemorate the province’s new independence. Proclamation medals had long been struck in Spanish territories to announce the coronation of a new monarch. This medal represents the earliest continuation of the practice into the republican period. As one of the first republican proclamation medals, the engraver was forced to quickly develop a new iconographic vocabulary. On the obverse, España depicts a youthful figure engraving an obelisk, emblematic of the work needed to establish a new government, while in the background march a row of other obelisks representing the other Spanish possessions. The reverse is even more dramatic. The engraver shows the twin globes of the new and old worlds, long a common symbol of the Spanish empire, but here being physically pulled apart. On each globe is a now-unclasped hand, with the two worlds still reaching out towards one another.

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RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AV Medal (35mm, 43.90 g, 12h). St. Petersburg Technological Institute – Prize medal. By V. Alexeev. Б . М . АЛЕКСАНДРЪ II ИМПЕРАТОРЪ И САМОДЕРЖЕЦЪ ВСЕРОСС, bare head left / * ЗА ОТΛИЧНЬIЕ УСПѣХИ, С.П.Б./ ТЕЖНОΛОГИЧ./ ИНСТИТУТЪ; all within wreath. Diakov 646.2. In NGC encapsulation 6931380-001, graded MS 62. Rare. Top Pop. The only graded example, none at PCGS or in Coin Archives.

From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Superior 912 June 1978), lot 1231.

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Grade: Near EF

RUSSIA, Empire. Aleksandr II Nikolaevich. 1855-1881. AR Medal (78mm, 215.8 g, 12h). Monument to Aleksandr II in Moscow. By A. Griliches. Dated 17 April 1818, 1 March 1881, 1893, and 1898. AЛEKCAHДPЪ II ИMПEPATOPЪ И CAMOДEPЖEЦЬ _x000B_BCEPOCCIЙCKIЙ/ POДИЛCЯ 17 AПPҌЛЯ 1818 ГOДA CKOHЧAЛCЯ 1 MAPTA 1881 ГOДA, bare head of Aleksandr II left / ИMПEPATOPOMЪ AЛEKCAHДPOMБ III ИMПEPATOPOMЪ HИKOЛAEMЬ II/ ЗAЛOЖEHЪ BЪ1893 ГOЛУ, view of the monument; BЪ KPEMЛҌ MOCKOBCKOMЪ below. Diakov 1261.1. Toned, hairlines, marks. Near EF. Rare.

From the Drewry Family Collection. Ex Galerie des Monnaies of Geneva (10 June 1978), lot 3361.

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Grade: -

SWEDEN. AV Medal (26mm, 20.30 g, 12h). Nobel Nominating Committee – Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. By G. Svenson-Lundqvist. Dated 1968, this medal struck 1975. SVERIGES RIKSBANK TILL ALFRED NOBELS MINNE 1968, bare head of Alfred Nobel left; cross cornucipias below / KUNGLIGA VETENSKAPSAKADAMIEN, radiant star surrounded by three crowns with larger crown above. All on textured surface. Edge hallmarks: SPORR 23K A10. In NGC encapsulation 4624989-003, graded MS 67.

This medal was presented to members of the nominating committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences, also known as the Nobel Prize in Economics. The prize in 1975 was won by Drs. Leonid Kantorovich and Tjalling C. Koopmans, for contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Ecgberht. Circa 765-785. AR Penny (16mm, 1.23 g, 10h). Canterbury mint; Udd, moneyer. Struck circa 776-circa 784. + EGCBERHT around (RX) / VDD within pelleted rectangle; above and below, cross pattée with pellets in quarters between spiral and triple pellet ornaments. Chick 87j (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 664 (same dies); North 200; SCBC 874. Toned, slight die rust. Good VF. Very rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 30 (16 July 1997), lot 90 (front and back cover coin).

The kings of Kent had close ties to the Frankish court ever since Æthelberht (589-616) received St. Augustine and his forty Benedictine monks and converted to Christianity in 597. Hence, the Kings of Kent were likely the first to adopt the new hammered technology for striking pennies in manner of the deniers of the Carolingian kings.

Ecgberht, King of Kent (765-785) issued many charters and struck the first hammered pennies in England. He fought King Offa of Mercia at the Battle of Otford in 776, and so resisted efforts of Offa to subject Kent. Offa, however, subjected Kent in 785-796. This silver penny is a very important and historical coin.

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Grade: VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Eadberht Praen. Circa 796-798. AR Penny (18mm, 1.34 g, 12h). Three-line type. Canterbury mint; Æthelmod, moneyer. Struck 796-797/8. EAD/BEAR(HT)/ REX in three lines; triple pellet to lower left / ·Λ· ·m· · Λ·/ :+: ÆÐ:ELO/M:O:D· in three lines; triple pellet to lower left. Naismith C2d = EMC 1985.0071 = Blackburn & Bonser, “Single Finds of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins – 2” in BNJ 55 (1985), 71 (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 665-6; North 203; SCBC 875. Toned. VF. Very rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, October 2002. Ex Derek Chick Collection. Found at West Hythe, Kent, 1955.

Eadberht Praen of Kent (796-798) rebelled from the Mercian hegemony with the backing of Charlemagne, but King Coenwulf invaded Kent and re-imposed Mercian rule. Eadberht Praen was captured, deposed, and blinded. Coenwulf, promising to reform the English church, secured from Pope Leo III – who crowned Charlemagne Holy Roman Emperor in 800 – a bull of excommunication of Eadberht Praen.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Cuthred. 798-807. AR Penny (19mm, 1.35 g, 8h). Cross-and-wedges type. Canterbury mint; Wærheard, moneyer. Struck circa 805-807. + CVÐRED REX CΛNT, diademed bust right / + VER(HE)ARDI mO(NE)TA, cross pommée, wedges in angles. Naismith C35.1o (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 695 (same dies); North 211; SCBC 877. Deep cabinet toning. Good VF. Rare and with an exceptional pedigree.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, December 1996. Ex J.P. Linzalone Collection (Stack’s, 7 December 1994), lot 2327; B.R. Noble Collection (Glendining, 11 December 1975), lot 362; Clonterbrook Trust (Glendining, 7 June 1974), lot 1; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3546; Glendining (16 November 1937), lot 295.

Cuthred, King of Kent (798-807) succeeded as a vassal of his older brother Coenwulf, King of Mercia. During his reign, the Archbishopric of Canterbury regained its status of primate of England, which had earlier been transferred to the Archbishop of Lichfield by Offa.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Baldred. 823/4-825/6. AR Penny (19mm, 1.33 g, 9h). Canterbury mint; Tidbeorht, moneyer. Struck 823/4-825/6. + BELDRED REX CΛ(NT), short cross / + TIDBEARHT, cross pattée with one limb fourchée. Naismith C65.2e corr. (this coin; further pedigree erroneous); SCBI 67 (BM), 729 (same rev. die); North 213; SCBC 880. Toned. Good VF. Rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, May 2001. Ex Numismatic Circular CI.1 (February 1993), no. 121.

Baldred, King of Kent (823-826) seized the throne of Kent after King Ceolwulf I of Mercia, who had ruled Kent directly, was deposed by Beornwulf in 823. Baldred was the last Kentish to strike coins. He was defeated and deposed by King Ecgberht of Wessex. Kent was henceforth incorporated into Wessex.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Æthelheard. 792/3-805. AR Penny (18mm, 1.42 g, 9h). With Coenwulf as King. Canterbury mint. Struck 797/8-805. (pelleted cross) ΛEDILHEΛRD ΛR, barred eP in pelleted circle / (pelleted cross) COENVVL•F REX, barred Mercian m in pelleted circle. Naismith C22.1p (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 751-2; North 232; SCBC 886. Toned, faint porosity. Good VF. Very rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, March 2001. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (December 1998), no. 7275.

Aethelheard, Archbishop of Canterbury (792/3-805) was appointed by King Offa of Mercia but, upon Offa’s death, was exiled by King Eadberht Praen of Kent. Aethelheard was restored to his see in 803 and died as revered defender of the rights of the English church.

The mint at Canterbury strike pennies in the names of both the reigning dominant king and the archbishop in an arrangement in which crown and church shared the profits of coining.

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Grade: Near EF

ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 12h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hebeca, moneyer. Struck circa 854-864. + CEOLNOÐ ΛRCHIEP–, tonsured and draped facing bust / + HEBE :· CΛ MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C154k = SCBI 20 (Mack), 667 (this coin); North 245; SCBC 894. Rich old cabinet toning, minor edge chip. Near EF. Rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, December 1976. Ex R.P. Mack Collection (Part I, Glendining, 18 November 1975), lot 97; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3555; Frank McClean [“Astronomer”] Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 June 1906), lot 128; H. Durden Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 20 December 1892), lot 21.

Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury (833-870) labored to protect the integrity and interests of the English Church in the clash between Mercia to Wessex. He would also be forced to deal with the destruction wrought by the Viking Great Army (865-878).

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Grade: VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Plegmund. 890-914. AR Penny (21mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation of a Circumscription cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type. Uncertain mint in East Anglia. Struck circa 918-924. + PLEGMV(ND) ΛRCICP, small cross pattée / ÆÐELV/LF M◊ in two lines; three crosses pattée between, trefoils above and below. SCBI 20 (Mack), 671 (this coin); BMC 79 (Plegmund); North 253 (Plegmund); SCBC 900 (Plegmund). Old collection toning. VF. Extremely rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Numismatic Circular CVIII.3 (June 2000), no. 2293; L. Stack (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 266; R.P. Mack Collection, no. 671 (not in Glendining’s sales).

Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury (890-914), a noted scholar, shared with King Alfred the Great a commitment to promoting letters and reorganizing ecclesiastical and monastic institutions severely disrupted by the Viking attacks.

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Grade: good

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.13 g, 5h). Light coinage, non-portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. O F ℞ m in angles of a beaded long cross with limbs terminating in As, saltire at center / Є Θ B A in angles of long cross with limbs terminating in triangles, saltire with pellets at center. Chick 103c = SCBI 20 (Mack), 550 (this coin); North 261; SCBC 904. Deeply toned, flan crack, slightly irregular flan. VF. Exceptionally good metal for an Offa penny. Extremely rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XXIV.1 (Fall/Winter 1999), no. 131; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 269; R.P. Mack Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3573; H.C. Miller (Thomas Elder, 26 May 1920), lot 22.

Offa, King of Mercia (757-796), one of the greatest of Anglo-Saxon Kings, made Mercia the leading power among the English kingdoms. He is remembered for the construction of Offa’s Dyke to mark the border with the Welsh. Offa’s pennies, among the most beautiful of the Anglo-Saxon coinage, promote the king as a veritable Roman emperor.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.22 g, 5h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Æthelweard, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. ·+· Θ·FFA ·: R :· E·X + :·, diademed heart-shaped bust right / ·Є∂· ·:IL:· VA ·L∂:, divided by four jewel-like lobes; the inner circle contains a cross botonnée with four petals in saltire. Chick 10d = SCBI 30 (American), 187 = SCBI 20 (Mack), 562 (this coin); North 310; SCBC 905. Old cabinet toning. Good VF. Rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, December 1995. Ex E.M. Norweb Collection (Part IV, Spink 59, 17 June 1987), lot 1175; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXIX.11 (November 1971), no. 10434; R.P. Mack Collection; V.J.E. Ryan Collection (Part II, Glendining, 22 January 1952), lot 614; A. Mann Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 29 October 1917), lot 133; J. Cove Jones Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge 6 February 1911), lot 284; T. Thomas Collection (S. Leigh Sotheby & Co., 23 February 1844), lot 134.

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Grade: VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Cynethryth. Wife of Offa, 757-796. AR Penny (17mm, 1.19 g, 10h). Light coinage, portrait type. Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Struck circa 784/5. Draped bust right; to left, Latin cross with pellets in angles; ·: ·: ··Є·Θ·B:Λ around / + C·FN·E∂·RF · ð · R·EGI(NT) · around barred Mercian m in pelleted circle. Chick 143; SCBI 67 (BM), 657-8; North 339; SCBC 909. Find patina, porosity, marks. VF. Very rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, December 1999.

Cynethryth, the wife of King Offa of Mercia, was the first and only Anglo-Saxon queen to have her name and image placed on coins. While it has been suggested that these coins were inspired by the appearance of the empress Irene on Byzantine issues, the profile portrait harks back to coinage of Roman augustae. Many details of Cynethryth’s life, such as the date of her marriage, are unknown. She appears to have been active in political affairs until Offa’s death. After her husband’s passing, she became abbess of the monastery of Cookham, where she remained until her death sometime after 798. Cynethryth appears in the hagiography of St. Aethelbert, where she is portrayed as a jealous villain who incites Offa to kill the saint.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (19mm, 1.33 g, 10h). Cross-and-wedges type. Canterbury mint; Eaba, moneyer. Struck 805-circa 810. + COENVVLF REX m, diademed bust right / + EABA mONETA, cross pattée with wedges in angles. Naismith C25c (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 135; North 344; SCBC 915. Deeply toned. Good VF. Rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 38 (6 June 1996), lot 1747.

Coenwulf, King of Mercia (796-821), son of the leading Merican noble Cuthberht and a distant kinsman of Offa, succeeded to the throne when Offa’s only son Ecgfrith prematurely died after a reign of only six months. He reasserted Mercian control over Kent and restored Archbishop Aethelheard to his see of Canterbury.

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Grade: Good VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Ceolwulf I. 821-823. AR Penny (21mm, 1.36 g, 9h). Portrait type. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Struck circa 810-821. + CIOLVVLF REX m :, diademed bust right / + EΛLHTΛN mONE :, large TA monogram; pellets around. Naismith R6.1a = SCBI 20 (Mack), 591 (this coin); North 376; SCBC 925. Old cabinet toning. Good VF. Extremely rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, May 2001. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular XCIX.2 (March 1991), no. 6817; Spink Numismatic Circular XCVIII.9 (November 1990), no. 6817; R.P. Mack Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 380; Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 587; Sir John Evans Collection; 1874 Delgany Hoard (IBCH 177).

Ceolwulf, King of Mercia (821-823), younger brother of Coenwulf, proved unequal to the task of maintaining the Mercian hegemony over the English south of the Humber River. He was overthrown by Beornwulf.

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Grade: VF

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Beornwulf. 823-825. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 12h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadnoth, moneyer. + BEORHPVLF RE)(, bust right / + EADHOP mOHET, cross-crosslet. Naismith E23a = SCBI 67 (BM), 272 (same dies); North 397; SCBC 929. Toned, bent, faint porosity. VF. Very rare.

From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, April 2000.

Beornwulf, King of Mercia (823-825), a usurper of obscure background, witnessed the collapse of the hegemony of Mercia. He fell in battle in East Anglia. Thereafter, Mercian kings ruled as regional monarchs and were often subject to the hegemony of the Kings of Wessex.