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ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 12h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hebeca, moneyer. Struck circa 854-864. Near EF.
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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. Ceolnoth. 833-870. AR Penny (21mm, 1.21 g, 12h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hebeca, moneyer. Struck circa 854-864. + CEOLNOÐ ΛRCHIEP–, tonsured and draped facing bust / + HEBE :· CΛ MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C154k = SCBI 20 (Mack), 667 (this coin); North 245; SCBC 894. Rich old cabinet toning, minor edge chip. Near EF. Rare. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from Spink, December 1976. Ex R.P. Mack Collection (Part I, Glendining, 18 November 1975), lot 97; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3555; Frank McClean [“Astronomer”] Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 June 1906), lot 128; H. Durden Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 20 December 1892), lot 21.
Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury (833-870) labored to protect the integrity and interests of the English Church in the clash between Mercia to Wessex. He would also be forced to deal with the destruction wrought by the Viking Great Army (865-878).
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, December 1976. Ex R.P. Mack Collection (Part I, Glendining, 18 November 1975), lot 97; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3555; Frank McClean [“Astronomer”] Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 13 June 1906), lot 128; H. Durden Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 20 December 1892), lot 21.
Ceolnoth, Archbishop of Canterbury (833-870) labored to protect the integrity and interests of the English Church in the clash between Mercia to Wessex. He would also be forced to deal with the destruction wrought by the Viking Great Army (865-878).
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.
