(x) Archbishops of Canterbury, anonymous issue (c.822-823), Penny, 1.36g, 6h, group IV, Luning, + lvning moneta, tonsured, draped bust facing, in solid inner circle, rev. dorob / erniec / ivitas in three lines, three pellets above and below (Naismith C57.1b this coin; N.238; S.890), edge chip by in of lvning, otherwise extremely fine, very rare.
Provenance:
Spink Numismatic Circular, December 1999, no. 5042
Lawrence Stack, Sotheby, 22 April 1999, lot 259
Spink Numismatic Circular, September 1989, no. 4585
Ridgemount, Spink auction 69, 20 April 1989, lot 29
Westminster School, Sotheby, 26 May 1976, lot 343
Delgany, Co. Wicklow, hoard, 1874 (Sir John Evans, Numismatic Chronicle 1882, no. 8)
Estimate: £2,000 - £2,500