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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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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1023
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (21mm, 1.20 g, 12h). Lunette type. London mint; Wine, moneyer. Phase IIa, struck circa 858/60-866. + BVRGRED RE+, diademed and draped bust right / + VVINE across central field; MON ETA in lunettes above and below. MacKay H1.34 (dies O2/R2; this coin); cf. SCBI 20 (Mack), 629 (for similar); North 426; SCBC . Old cabinet toning. Good VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 712662 (Febraury 2000); L. Stack (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 331.

Burgred, King of Mercia (852-874), son-in-law of King Aethelwulf of Wessex, faced internal rebellions, raids by the Welsh, and the invasion of the Viking Great Army in 867. He was rescued by his brother-in-law Aethelred I of Wessex. In 874, Burgred, driven into exile by the Vikings, abdicated and retired to Rome. His successor Ceolwulf agreed to partition the kingdom with the Viking invaders.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1024
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Burgred. 852-874. AR Penny (20mm, 1.25 g, 6h). Lunette type. London mint; Berhthelm, moneyer. Phase III, struck circa 868/70-874. BVRGRED RE m, diademed and draped bust right / BERHT(HE)L across central field; MOH ETΛ in lunettes above and below. MacKay H11 (dies –/R2; unrecorded obv. die); SCBI –; North 423; SCBC 942B. Old cabinet toning. Near EF. Rare moneyer.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, July 1969.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1025
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Eadwald. Circa 796-800. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 9h). Three-line type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadnoth, moneyer. Struck 796-circa 800. EADV between two pelleted lines; AΓD above, REX below; all within border of pellets / Long beaded cross with E AD И ◊Ð in quarters; all within quatrefoil. Naismith E2.1d = SCBI 20 (Mack), 673 (same dies); BMC –; North 432; SCBC 947. Find patina, some porosity, scattered marks. VF. Very rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from M. Vosper, March 2001.

Eadwald, King of East Anglia (ca. 796-798) briefly reasserted the independence of East Anglia after the death of King Offa of Mercia. He is known only from his coins. King Coenwulf restored Mercian control over East Anglia, which held from 798 to 826.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1026
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (20mm, 1.38 g, 8h). Non-portrait type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Æthelhelm, moneyer. Struck circa 837/8-845. AEÐELSTAN REX, cross pattée with wedges in angles / + AEÐELHELM MO, cross pattée with wedges in angles. Naismith E42.1f (this coin); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 59; North 445; SCBC 951. Peripheral toning. Good VF. Rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex M. Vosper FPL 108 (August 1999), no. 57.

Aethelstan, King of East Anglia (825-845) led the revolt that defeated King Beornwulf and ended the Mercian rule over East Anglia.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1027
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelweard. Circa 845-855. AR Penny (21mm, 1.34 g, 2h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Twicga, moneyer. + EÐELVVEARD REX, ‘Omega cross’ in beaded circle / + TPICG :·A:· mON, cross pattée with pellets in angles; all within beaded circle. Naismith E53.1a = Pagan, Coinage p. 70, IV, 1 = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 109 (this coin); North 454; SCBC 953. Mottled golden toning. Good VF. Very rare. With an exceptional pedigree.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVII.8 (October 1999), no. 3845; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 345; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part III, 19 November 1986), lot 768; Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.10 (October 1955), no. RCL51; R.C. Lockket Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 415; G.J. Bascom Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 15 June 1914), lot27; A.B. Richardson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 22 May 1895), lot 21; R. Marsham Collection (Sotheby, Wikinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 89.

Aethelweard, King of East Anglia (845-855) does not appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and is known only from his coins. He appears to have ruled East Anglia independent of the control of either Mercia or Wessex.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1028
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (21mm, 1.31 g, 12h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Beornferth, moneyer. Struck 855-circa 862. + EADMVND REX AN, cross on base with crosses emanating diagonally from sides / BEORNEERÐ MO, cross pattée; pellets in angles. Naismith 56.1v (same dies); SCBI 67 (BM), 930-4; North 459; SCBC 955. Iridescent toning with faint luster, slightly wavy. Near EF. Rare.


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

Edmund “the Martyr,” King of East Anglia (855-869) was the last Anglo-Saxon to rule that kingdom. In 865, he was compelled to yield to the demands of the Viking Great Army which wintered in East Anglia and invaded Northumbria the following year. When the Vikings returned in 869, Edmund attempted to oppose the invaders. Though he was defeated and likely slain in battle, legends quickly began to circulate that he had been captured and martyred by the heathens. His remains were translated to Bury-Saint-Edmunds during the reign of King Aethelstan of Wessex.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1029
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). St. Edmund memorial coinage. Circa 895-918. AR Penny (19mm, 1.57 g, 4h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Heming, moneyer. (horizontal S)CE ЄΛDMVN RI, large A / + HEMNC X REX E, short cross. Blunt, St. Edmund, obv. die 1; SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 109 (same dies); BMC 428 (same dies); North 483; SCBC 960. Old cabinet toning, slightly wavy flan, some doubling on obverse. VF. Extremely rare variety.


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

In 878, King Alfred the Great defeated the Viking Great Army at Edington. The Danish sea king Guthrum submitted to baptism and concluded the Treaty of Wedmore which defined the limits of the Danelaw. Those Danes settling in East Anglia struck coins in honor of the martyred King Edmund, whom they likely viewed as a protective spirit of their new homeland.



Since the discovery of the first example of this variety in the great 1840 Cuerdale Hoard, numismatists have speculated on the meaning of the unusual reverse legend. Rather than naming the moneyer, as is normal on this and most ninth century Viking and Saxon issues, this coin appears to name a king: Heming (Old English) or Hemmingr (Old Norse).


Blunt, in his analysis of the St. Edmund series, records seven examples from three obverse and two reverse dies. To this should be added coins naming “Hamin” with the title moneyer, of which this cataloger has found six examples from two obverse and three reverse dies. The dies of the REX group have significantly degraded legends, while the MON group are clearly better formed and engraved. Also of note, though of unknown significance, both obverse dies associated with the MON group exhibit pellet marks, a feature lacking on the three dies of the REX group.



Although no direct link has been found between the two groups, considering that the St. Edmund series as a whole exhibits a great amount of copying and corruption of the legends, the rare HEMNC REX variety should likely be considered a degeneration of the more standard HAMIN MON legend. Yet, while unlikely, the possibility that Heming was an otherwise-unknown Viking ruler in East Anglia cannot be fully eliminated. As Blunt notes, “Alfred, on his St. Edmund coins, placed his name on what one assumes to be the reverse and one must not be too ready to reject entirely the possibility that we have here the name of a Danish ruler” (p. 244).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1030
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Imitations of Alfred the Great. Circa 885-915. AR Penny (20mm, 1.40 g, 12h). Beornweald, moneyer. ΛCIED + PE+ D–◊R◊, small cross pattée / B(NR)IV/AD MO (ornamented O) in two lines; pellets between. SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 91 corr. (attribution); cf. BMC 63 (Plegmund); North 475/1; SCBC 966. Old cabinet toning, a few faint marks. EF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, October 2009. Ex Spink 175 (28 September 2005), lot 1314; Spink 16 (9 July 1981), lot 461; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton (Part III, Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 11 November 1918), lot 1623.

In the southern regions of the kingdom of Northumbria, where Danes settled in great numbers, the little known Viking kings Cnut and Siefred introduced the hammered silver penny in place of the copper stycas struck by last Anglo-Saxon kings ruling from York. They also coined pennies in imitation of the those of Alfred the Great, such as this example.



The selection of pennies offered in the auction also includes issues with iconography praising Saint Peter, patron of York, and patriarchal crosses (lots 1031 and 1035). The exceeding rare coin of Ragnald (lot 1036) depicts the hand of God and, on the reverse the monogram of Charlemagne. The Danes in the Great Army had earlier plundered the Carolingian Empire and received many Carolingian deniers in tribute or Danegeld. The iconography of these coins document how the ever pragmatic Danes respected the religious beliefs of their English subjects and power of the Archbishops of York. Within two generations, the Danish settlers in the Danelaw transformed themselves from Vikings into Christian landowners.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1031
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut & Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 900. AR Penny (18mm, 1.31 g, 5h). Class IIId/Siefredus type. York mint. C N V·:· T·:· R X arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with pellets in angles / + SI EF RED VS, short cross pattée with pellets in first and fourth quarters. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 365-6 var. (ornaments in obv. legend); BMC 1018/1019-22 (or obv./rev.); North 504; SCBC 996. Old cabinet toning. Good VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, August 2006. Ex W.C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 774, purchased from W.S. Lincoln, April 1903.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1032
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut & Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 900. AR Penny (18mm, 1.45 g, 5h). Class VIc/‘Mirabile fecit’ type. York mint. + MIRΛBILΛ FECIT, cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters / + EB ·: RAI :· C :· EC :·:, inverted patriarchal cross, four pellets around upper crossbar. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 393 (same dies); BMC 1060 var. (rev. legend ornaments); North 512; SCBC 1000. Old cabinet toning, scrape. VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, August 2006. Ex W.C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin’s 42, 26 September 2005), lot 775, purchased from W.S. Lincoln, April 1903.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1033
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (20mm, 1.15 g, 6h). Class Is/Ebraice Civitas type. York mint. C N V T R·:· E·:· X arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with pellets in upper angles / + EB ·:· IΛI ·:· CE CIV, short cross pattée with pellets in first and fourth quarters. SCBI 29 (Merseyside) 214-5 (same rev. die); BMC 893; North 497; SCBC 991. Old cabinet toning, obverse double struck. Good VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone. Ex Keith Smalley Collection (Spink 219, 24 September 2013), lot 115.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1034
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut. Circa 900-905. AR Penny (19mm, 1.47 g, 2h). Class IIe/Cunneti type. York mint. C N V T R·:· E·:· X·:· arranged around inverted patriarchal cross with pellets in upper angles / + CVИ ·:· ИET ·:· TI ·:·, short cross pattée with pellets in second and third quarters. SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 330 (same obv. die); cf. BMC 966 (for similar); North 501; SCBC 993. Richly toned, peck mark. Good VF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, June 1980.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1035
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Near EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). St. Peter coinage. Circa 905-919. AR Penny (19mm, 1.44 g, 10h). Swordless type, heavy issue. York mint. Struck circa 905-circa 910. SCI PE/TRI M in two lines; pellets above and below, pellet between two lozenges between / + EBORACE CIV, small cross pattée. SCBI 29 (Merceyside), 417 var. (rev. legend); BMC 1132; North 551; SCBC 1006. Old cabinet toning. Near EF.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, August 2006. Ex John Jordan Collection (Triton II, December 1998), lot 1261.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1036
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Ragnald. Circa 919-920/1. AR Penny (19mm, 1.10 g, 2h). York mint. + RΛCIITI, open hand / + EIORACII, crude Karolus monogram. EMC 2002.0298 (this coin, since chipped); Blunt & Stewart 5 = SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 624 (same rev. die); BMC 1084 var. (legends); North 531; SCBC 1010. Find patina, chipped. VF. Extremely rare – only three in CoinArchives, all chipped.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, November 2009. Found in Lincolnshire, 2002.

Between 919 and 954, the pagan Hiberno-Norse Kings attempted to forge a kingdom that straddled the Irish Sea, uniting Dublin and York. These Norwegians minted extraordinary pennies depicting pagan symbols, including the sword of Odin and Hammer of Thor (lot 1037), the raven of Odin (lot 1038), struck by Analf Guthfrithsson (Old Norse Olaf Guthfrithson), and the triquetra banner (lot 1039) struck by Anlaf Curaran Sithricsson (Old Norse Olaf Kvaran Sigtryggson).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1037
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Grade: VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). St. Peter coinage. Circa 921-927. AR Penny (19mm, 1.23 g, 3h). Sword type, heavy issue. York mint. Struck circa 905-circa 910. SIIIE/FIICT (retrograde) in two lines, voided sword and cross between; pellet above, triple pellet below / + IOE ΛRCEI, voided hammer. Stewart & Lyon 35 (this coin); SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 430-1 var. (legends); BMC –; North 556; SCBC 1015. Rich old cabinet toning. VF. Very rare type and an extremely rare variety. The sole example recorded by Stewart & Lyon.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex R. Schraeder (Classical Numismatic Group 78, 14 May 2008), lot 2133; Classical Numismatic Auctions XX (25 March 1992), lot 1200; B. Bird Collection (Glendining, 20 November 1974), lot 81; Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 965.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1038
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Grade: EF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Anlaf Guthfrithsson. 939-941. AR Penny (20mm, 1.23 g, 1h). York mint; Athelferd, moneyer. + A·NL··ΛF CVNVNC ·, raven with wings displayed, head left / + A·ÐEL·FERD MIHET, small cross pattée. CTCE group IV; cf. SCBI 34 (BM), 1237-43 (for type); North 537; SCBC 1019. Toned. EF. Very rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone. Ex St. James 24 (23 September 2013), lot 9.

A remarkable coin struck by Anlaf in York, after he seized the Northumbrian kingdom on the death of Aethelstan in 939. Described by Grierson’s protégé Mark Blackburn as ‘one of the most dramatic coin designs in the English series,’ on the obverse we find a raven with outstretched wings, a classic Viking symbol. This symbolism could, according to Blackburn, dually also serve in a Christian context. For, “the raven is [also] associated with Saint Oswald (a Northumbrian royal saint) ... [Thus one] can speculate whether the designers were subtly appealing to a dual audience.”
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1039
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Anlaf Sithtricsson (Cuaran). First reign, 941-944/5. AR Penny (19mm, 1.10 g, 5h). Triquetra type. York mint; Farmann, moneyer. + ·A·NL·AF CVNVNCS· (retrograde S), triquetra; crescent below / + FARHAИ HOИET , fringed triangular standard bearing ‘X’ on cross-tipped pole. CTCE Group V; cf. SCBI 34 (BM), 1248-52 (for type); North 540; SCBC 1020. Toned, double struck. Good VF. Very rare. An unrecorded variety with the crescent on obverse.


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

Anlaf Cunran, better known by his Norse name Olaf Kvaran, was driven out of York by the adventurer Erik the Bloodax, the son of King Harald Finehair of Norway. Olaf Kvaran thereafter ruled as King of Norse Dublin where (945-980). In the confusing fighting over York between these pagan Hiberno-Norse and the Christian Kings of Wessex, the Danish settlers eventually came to realize that they had far more in common with their fellow Christian English neighbors than they did with the Norwegian interlopers. So, in 955, the Danes of York accepted as their king, Eadwig of Wessex.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1040
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Ecgberht. 802-839. AR Penny (20mm, 1.44 g, 9h). DOROB-C type. Canterbury mint; Oba, moneyer. Struck circa 828-839. + ECGBEΛR HT REX ·, diademed and draped bust right / + OBΛ MONETΛ, Dorob(ernia) C(ivitas) monogram. Naismith C85d = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 130 (this coin); North 573; SCBC 1035. Toned. Good VF. Rare. A superb example with an extensive pedigree.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Davissons 15 (29 March 2001), lot 178; J.P. Linzalone Collection (Stack’s, 7 December 1994), lot 2346; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part I, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 43; H.C. Curwen Collection (Glendining, 30 September 1959), lot 82; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part III, 4 November 1958), lot 2688; Spink Numismatic Circular XXX.11-12 (November-December 1922), no. 11954; Spink Numismatic Circular XXVI.11-12 (November-December 1918), no. 67287 (’a perfect coin’); E.W. Rashleigh Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 21 June 1909), lot 202; Earl of Pembroke († 1733) Collection (S. Leigh Sotheby, 31 July 1848), lot 36.

Ecgberht (802-839), King of Wessex was driven into exile by Offa, but in 802 returned from the Frankish court to regain his throne. He ended the Mercian hegemony and made Wessex the leading kingdom in England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1041
2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: Good VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (20mm, 1.38 g, 8h). Saxoniorvm type. Canterbury mint; Manna, moneyer. Struck 839-circa 844. + EÐELVVL·F REX, cross pattée over cross pattée in saltire / + MΛNNΛ MONETΛ, SΛX/ONIO/RVM in three lines. Naismith C100m; SCBI 67 (BM), 1102; North 596; SCBC 1044. Toned. Good VF. Rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 712908 (Spring 1999); L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 393; Glendining (27 May 1987), lot 362.

Aethelwulf (839-858), King of Wessex and son of Ecgberht, sealed a marriage alliance with King Burgred of Mercia, which later proved decisive in checking the Viking Great Army. A pious man, he not only consolidated royal power, but also managed to make a pilgrimage to Rome in 855-856. He willed to his sons Æthelbald (858-860) and Æthelberht (860-865) the Kingdoms of Wessex and Kent, respectively. The realms were united on Aethelbald’s premature death.
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2025-01-14 (3 weeks from now)
Grade: VF
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (21mm, 1.32 g, 12h). First Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Osmund, moneyer. Struck circa 844-849. + E·ÐELV·VLF RE, diademed and draped bust right / + OSMVHD MO(HE)TΛ, cross pattée over cross pattée in saltire. Naismith C116.1b = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 136 (this coin); North 612; SCBC 1047. Old cabinet toning, minor deposits. VF. Rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group inventory 712907 (Spring 1999); L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 396; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part IV, Spink 59, 17 June 1987), lot 136; A.S. Napier Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 3 August 1916), lot 87.