The Graham Collection of British Iron Age and Hammered Coins

Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-58), Penny, Inscribed Cross Phase [IV], Canterbury, Æthelnoth, aedelvvlf rex around draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. edelnod moneta arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross, 1.36g/12h (Naismith C139f, this coin; N 618; S 1051). Minor die-shift on reverse, good very fine, strong portrait, richly toned £3,000-£3,600

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Graham Collection of British Iron Age and Hammered Coins.

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Collection

G.C. Drabble Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 4-6 July 1939, lot 373
M.J. Grover Collection, DNW Auction 79, 24 September 2008, lot 3414
Bt Spink 2008

Struck from the same obverse die as the St Petersburg specimen (SCBI 50, 181).