Watch List notes:

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelberht. 858-865/6. AR Penny (21mm, 1.35 g, 3h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Herefeth, moneyer. Struck circa 858-864. + ΛEÐELBEΛR(HT) REX, diademed bust right / + (HE)REFR EÐ mO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C188g (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM) 1270; North 620; SCBC 1053. Lightly toned. Good VF.


From the G.W. Trow Collection, purchased from York Coins, October 2009. Ex Bruun Rasmussen 764 (11 December 2006), lot 5432.