British and World Coins, Historical Medals

Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf, Penny, Gp IVC(ii), Canterbury, Dealla, +coenvvlf rex m, around bare-headed and draped bust right rev. dealla non eta divided by three crosses, cross-crosslet within inner circle, 1.26g/12h (Naismith C38.3j = BLS 54c, same obv. die; N 356; S 916). Very fine, grey toned, flan full but a little crimped; a rarer portrait without the imperial diadem £2,000-£2,600