ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelwulf. 839-858. AR Penny (22mm, 1.27 g, 3h). DORB/CANT type. Rochester mint; Manning, moneyer. Struck circa 849-854. + EÐEL+VVLF + REX, DOR–B– arranged in circle / + MANINC MO(NE)TA, CANT– monogram. Naismith R35c corr. (photos for R36 swapped with R35) = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 131 (this coin); North 614; SCBC 1049. Old cabinet toning. Good VF. Rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex J. Jordan Collection (Triton II, 1 December 1998), lot 1261; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part I, 13 June 1985), lot 46, purchased from Spink, May 1980; H.C. Curwen Collection (Glendining, 30 September 1959), lot 84; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part III, Glendining, 4 November 1958), lot 2694; H.C. Miller (Thomas Elder, 26 May 1920), lot 62; Frank McClean [“Astronomer”] Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 June 1906), lot 143; H. Montagu (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 18 November 1895), lot 471; W. Brice Collection (purchased en bloc by H. Montagu, 1887); J.B. Bergne (Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 May 1873), lot 140.
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