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The Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection Categoria
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Beornwulf. 823-825. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 12h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadnoth, moneyer. + BEORHPVLF RE)(, bust right / + EADHOP mOHET, cross-crosslet. Naismith E23a = SCBI 67 (BM), 272 (same dies); North 397; SCBC 929. Toned, bent, faint porosity. VF. Very rare.


From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone, April 2000.

Beornwulf, King of Mercia (823-825), a usurper of obscure background, witnessed the collapse of the hegemony of Mercia. He fell in battle in East Anglia. Thereafter, Mercian kings ruled as regional monarchs and were often subject to the hegemony of the Kings of Wessex.
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VF Conservación
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