Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1014 Numistats ref: 673503
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The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection
Category
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. Description
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. Description
Good VF
Grade
1725.75 EUR
Starting
2876.25 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized