ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (19mm, 1.04 g, 11h). Large portrait type. East Anglian mint (Ipswich?); Woddel, moneyer. Struck circa 810-821. + C◊ENVVLF REX (barred Mercian m), diademed and draped bust right / P◊ (inverted ∂) E l+ in angles of beaded cross with annulets in circles at center and at each point. Naismith E13.1g = BLS 111c (this coin); North 359; SCBC 920. Chipped, cracked and repaired. Porous. Near VF. Rare.
From the Allan Williams Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular C.10 (December 1992), no. 7429; Spink Numismatic Circular CI.7 (September 1991), no. 5501; V. J. E. Ryan (Part IV, Glendining, 22 January 1952), lot 631; G. C. Drabble (Part 1, Glendining, 4 July 1939), lot 330; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton (via private sale);
E. W. Rashleigh (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 21 June 1909), lot 46.