Coins

Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Canterbury, Æthelmoth, coenvvlf rex, m in centre, rev. edelmod in angles of tribrach moline, second d incorporated into tribrach, 1.30g/12h (cf. Naismith C11; N 342; S 914). Better than very fine, very rare and struck from an unpublished pair of dies £2,000-£2,600

PAS BERK-D58801; EMC 2019.0338. The present coin belongs to Naismith’s type 11 for the Canterbury mint and displays elements of all three of his sub-varieties, including extra pellets at the ends of the tribrach and an obverse legend commencing at 12, rather than the more usual 6 o’clock