| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
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| Lot description: The Spang Collection of The Kings & Queens of England. Wessex. Ecgberht, 802-839. Penny, AR 20 mm. 1.31 g., Group III, 825-828. Canterbury mint. Diademed Bust r., +ECGBERHT REX. Rev. At center, Canterbury monogram of DORIB C, OBA MONETA around. S.1035. North 573. A very rare and important issue. Well struck and with an old cabinet tone. Rim repair, otherwise good very fine Privately purchased from Seaby in 1963. From the Carlyon-Britton collection. This coinage celebrated the great victory at Ellandun in 825 by Ecgberht, his defeat of Beornwulf ended Mercian dominance. His son, Aethelwulf, then drove Baldred from Kent. Aethelstan of East Anglia sought alliance with Ecgberht. Ecgberht expelled Wiglaf from Mercia for a year in 829, and minted coins at London. Ecgberht then received the submission of Eanred of Northumbria, at Dore. The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle proclaimed Ecgberht a Bretwalda. Wessex had become the ascendant Anglo-Saxon power. Ecgberht, son of Eahlmund of Kent and great-great-grandson of Ingild, brother of King Ine of Wessex, was supported for that throne by Charlemagne. Ecgberht was of both Royal bloodlines, of Wessex and of Kent. Estimate: 7500 CHF |  |
