Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf (796-821) Penny ND (c. 810-822/3) AU55 NGC, Canterbury mint, Diormod as moneyer, Pincer Cross type, S-916, N-347 (VR), SCBI I (Fitzwilliam)-Unl., SCBI XX (Mack)-483, SCBI XXX (American)-190 (this coin), Blunt, Stewart, Lyon "The Coinage of Southern England, 796-840" (British Numismatic Journal Vol. 32, 1963), 37, EMC-1030.0190 (this coin), Naismith-C39.1d (same). 1.40gm. +COENVVLF REX m (uncial "Mercian" M), diademed, draped bust of Coenwulf right / +DIORmOD mONETΛ (uncial M's), double pincer-shaped cross on cross pommée with wedges. Among the finer examples of the type that we have been able to locate coming to auction in recent decades, with most showing extensive chipping or environmental damage from acidic soil. This specimen, however, maintains a sleek natural appeal, executed on an almost perfectly round flan with residual die polish. Ex. CNG Triton VII (January 2004, Lot 1242); Spink (October 2002, Lot 975); Garrett Collection, Part II (Bank Leu-Numismatic Fine Arts October 1984, Lot 734); Privately purchased from Spink on November 17, 1926 From the Historical Scholar Collection

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