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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Ceolwulf II. 874-circa 880. AR Penny (22mm, 1.36 g, 7h). Cross and lozenge type. London mint; Leofweald, moneyer. CIOLVVL F REX (three pellets), diademed bust right / LIOF VAL D MO ИET in angles of cross-crosslet, with central lozenge containing cross. Blackburn & Keynes 35 = R.H.M. Dolley, BNJ XXXII (1963), pl. VIII, 8 (this coin); North 429; SCBC 944. Good VF, toned, undertype visible on reverse otherwise well struck. Extremely rare.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 225 (22 September 2014), lot 91; Millennia Collection (Goldberg, 26 May 2008), lot 194; Dr. J. Y. Terner Collection; L. R. Stack Collection (Sotheby, 22 April 1999) lot 337; Stonyhurst College Collection (Christie's, 10 October 1989) lot 458; Cuerdale, Lancashire, May 1840 Hoard (IBCH 112).
Although a puppet of the Vikings, and dismissed in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a 'foolish king's thegn', Ceolwulf II, the last Mercian king, issued a series of coinages that shared types with Alfred the Great of Wessex. Despite the ravages of the Danish army, the monetary system clearly maintained its integrity.
From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink 225 (22 September 2014), lot 91; Millennia Collection (Goldberg, 26 May 2008), lot 194; Dr. J. Y. Terner Collection; L. R. Stack Collection (Sotheby, 22 April 1999) lot 337; Stonyhurst College Collection (Christie's, 10 October 1989) lot 458; Cuerdale, Lancashire, May 1840 Hoard (IBCH 112).
Although a puppet of the Vikings, and dismissed in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle as a 'foolish king's thegn', Ceolwulf II, the last Mercian king, issued a series of coinages that shared types with Alfred the Great of Wessex. Despite the ravages of the Danish army, the monetary system clearly maintained its integrity.