ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 1h). Group II. Canterbury mint; Beornwulf, moneyer. Struck circa 854-864. + CEOLNOÐ ΛRCHIEP (small bar), tonsured bust facing, extending to edge of flan; pellets flanking neck / + BIARN VLF MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C151f (this coin); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 85; SCBI 67 (BM), –; North 245; SCBC 894 (this coin illustrated, 54th ed.). Well struck, richly toned. Excellent metal. EF. Very rare.
From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection (Triton XX, 10 January 2017), lot 1479; Prof. G. W. de Wit Collection (Künker 137, 11 March 2008), lot 3055; Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIII.6 (June 1975), no. 5482; R. C. Lockett Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 338; P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 November 1916) lot 898.