Coins, Historical Medals and Antiquities

Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Gp III, London, portrait type, Ciolhard, coenvvlf rex m, diademed bust right, rev. ceolheard m, cross-crosslet, 1.27g/11h (Naismith L20.4, same dies; BLS 88; N 346; S 918). Flan wavy and split at 9 o’clock, otherwise full and round, very fine, rare £800-£1,000

Found near Woodstock, Oxfordshire, 1 April 2022 (EMC 2022.0177)