| Spink > Auction 23005 | Auction date: 12 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 143 Price realized: 850 GBP (Approx. 1,068 USD / 990 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: The 'Haddenham' Collection of English Coins | Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), Group III, 'Portrait' Type, Penny, c. 810-822/23, East Anglian Issues - Ipswich [?], Wodel, + CENVVLF REX M, lozenge shaped O, diademed bust right, wearing simple barred tunic, rev. + P d E L, lozenge shaped O, in angles of beaded cross with annulets in circles at centre and terminals, [Spink XRF: 91.42% Ag; 5.65% Cu; 1.81% Fe; 0.735% Pb; 0.386% Au], 1.26g, 9h (BLS Cn 111-113; Naismith E13.1 unlisted [9 Recorded]; SCBI 16 [Norweb], 97; SCBI 67 [BM], 206-211; EMC 2018.0042 [Upton Grey, Hants] same dies; Williams I, 32; North 369; Spink 920), cracked through portrait with resultant daylight spots, with further crimping to edges, otherwise rich dark soil patina, on a handsomely full round flan, struck details a really bold very fine, an excellent type coin. Provenance, T Mathews, by private treaty, 1989 - £650, ~ An evident recent metal detecting discovery at the time of purchase, for which alas no trace of findspot has been found ~ Estimate: £400 - £600 |  |
