Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred (805-32), Penny, Gp III, Luning, +vvlfredi archiepi, front-facing tonsured bust interrupting legend, rev. + lvning moneta around Dorobernia Civitas monogram, 1.18g/9h (Naismith –; BLS –; SCBI BM –; N 240/1; S 889). Edge ragged, perforation on the inner circle at 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine with a strong portrait; UNIQUE £800-£1,000

Provenance: Found near Down Hatherley (Gloucestershire), October 2021; EMC 2021.0292.

Previously the numismatic record suggested that Luning’s career was confined entirely to the intriguing Anonymous Archiepiscopal period. This coin is the first known specimen of this moneyer’s work during the eponymous coinage