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ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Æthelheard. 792/3-805. AR Penny (18mm, 1.42 g, 9h). With Coenwulf as King. Canterbury mint. Struck 797/8-805. Good VF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Æthelheard. 792/3-805. AR Penny (18mm, 1.42 g, 9h). With Coenwulf as King. Canterbury mint. Struck 797/8-805. (pelleted cross) ΛEDILHEΛRD ΛR, barred eP in pelleted circle / (pelleted cross) COENVVL•F REX, barred Mercian m in pelleted circle. Naismith C22.1p (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 751-2; North 232; SCBC 886. Toned, faint porosity. Good VF. Very rare. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, March 2001. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (December 1998), no. 7275.
Aethelheard, Archbishop of Canterbury (792/3-805) was appointed by King Offa of Mercia but, upon Offa’s death, was exiled by King Eadberht Praen of Kent. Aethelheard was restored to his see in 803 and died as revered defender of the rights of the English church.
The mint at Canterbury strike pennies in the names of both the reigning dominant king and the archbishop in an arrangement in which crown and church shared the profits of coining.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Four – Lot 830–1154 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 15 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
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From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, March 2001. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVI.10 (December 1998), no. 7275.
Aethelheard, Archbishop of Canterbury (792/3-805) was appointed by King Offa of Mercia but, upon Offa’s death, was exiled by King Eadberht Praen of Kent. Aethelheard was restored to his see in 803 and died as revered defender of the rights of the English church.
The mint at Canterbury strike pennies in the names of both the reigning dominant king and the archbishop in an arrangement in which crown and church shared the profits of coining.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Four – Lot 830–1154 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 15 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
