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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