Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1011 Numistats ref: 673500
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The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection
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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. Description
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. Description
VF
Grade
4314.38 EUR
Starting
7190.63 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized