British and World Coins

Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1], Cenberht, eadmvnd rex, around small cross, rev. cenbe rht mo in two lines divided by three crosses, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.65g/9h (CTCE –; SCBI BM –; N 688; S 1105). Pierced, otherwise good very fine and toned; this moneyer rare, and seemingly unrecorded for the horiztonal trefoil type under Eadmund £200-£260

Barry Cooke Collection

The moneyer Cenberht (or Coenbeohrt) was active under Æthelstan, striking in the two-line type and circumscription cross pennies with a Shrewsbury mint-signature. Previously, it seemed as if he then entered a hiatus before returning to strike coins of the Horizontal Rosette type introduced at Mercian mints part way through Eadmund’s reign. The present coin, which appears unrecorded in the standard references, indicates that Cenberht continued in the role of moneyer at the beginning of Eadmund’s reign.