British Coins

Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, East Anglia, portrait type, Lul, crude bust right, coevvlf rex m, rev. cross within quatrefoil + l v l in angles, 1.25g/6h (BLS Cn 98j, this coin; N 363; S 919). Extremely fine, dark tone, rare £2,500-3,000

Provenance: Sotheby Auction, 4 July 1891, lot 275; Lord Grantley Collection, Part III, Glendining Auction, 22-3 March 1944, lot 847; C. Firth Collection, Spink Auction 1, 11 October 1978, lot 97