ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelberht. 858-865/6. AR Penny (20mm, 1.23 g, 6h). Inscribed cross type. Canterbury mint; Herebeald, moneyer. Struck circa 858-864. + ΛEÐELBEΛR(HT) REX, diademed bust right; three pellets at neck / + (HE)REBE Λ:D MO : N ET Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C187e (this coin); cf. SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 663; North 620; SCBC 1053. Toned, chipped and ragged edge, perforation. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex David Hess FPL 6-68 (June 1968), no. 828; F.J. Shand Collection (Glendining’s, 9 March 1949), lot 311.
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