Auction Catalogue

8 & 9 June 2016

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Coins, Paper Money, Tokens and Historical Medals

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Lot

№ 568

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8 June 2016

Estimate: £1,200–£1,500

Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Penny, Gp I, Canterbury, non-portrait type, Babba, co·e·nv·vl:f·r:·ex around Mercian m, rev. ba bb a, pellets around, in angles of voided tribrach, 1.23g/4h (Naismith C12.2, same dies; BLS 5; N 342; S 914). Slightly bent, otherwise about very fine, rare £1,200-1,500

Naismith list only four examples of this general type for Babba, and only one of this variety