BRITISH COINS, Coenwulf, King of Mercia, Silver Portrait Penny, type of East Anglia, moneyer Wodel, diademed bust right to edge of coin, beaded circle around head, legend commences upper left, +COENVVLF REX M, rev pellet in beaded annulet at centre of beaded cross, pellet in annulet at each cross end, PO Ð E L+, the Ð rotated and L inverted, 1.16g (CSE E13.1; N 369; S 920). Short flan split and quite chipped, obverse and reverse die does not match those examples listed by Naismith, otherwise very fine, toned and very rare.
Estimate: £1200-1500