ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Ecgberht. 802-839. AR Penny (20mm, 1.32 g, 9 h). Portrait type. Canterbury mint; Bosel, moneyer. Struck circa 828-839. + ECGBEV PHT R, diademed bust right, breaking inner circle / + BOSEL MONETV, Dorob(ernia) C(ivitas) monogram. Naismith C79.1i corr. (obv. legend) = EMC 2008.0430 = Coin Register 2009, 289 (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 1017 (same dies); North 573; SCBC 1035. Toned. Good VF. Good metal. Rare.
From the G.W. Trow Collection. Ex Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection (Triton XIX, 5 January 2016), lot 905; Dix, Noonan, Webb 81 (30 April 2009), lot 112. Found near Newark, Nottinghamshire, 2008.