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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