British Coins

Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, East Anglia, portrait type, Wodel, crude bust right, coenvvlf rex m, rev. cross-crosslet with lozenge panel in centre, po d e l+ in angles, 1.32g/6h (SCBI Mack 590, this coin; BLS 113e, this coin; N 370; S 920). Extremely fine, dark-toned, rare £2,500-3,000

Provenance: J.D. Cuff Collection, Sotheby Auction, 8 June-5 July 1854, lot 290; E.W. Rashleigh Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21 June-1 July 1909, lot 44; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 379; R.P. Mack Collection; bt Spink