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Kings of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-65), Penny, Inscribed Cross type [BMC i], Canterbury(?), Be...
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Kings of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-65), Penny, Inscribed Cross type [BMC i], Canterbury(?), Beagmund, aeθelbearht rex around diademed bust right breaking inner circle, rev. beagmvnd moneta arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross, 1.35g/11h (cf. Naismith C167c [this specimen untraced]; N 620; S 1053). Good very fine, dark toned £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 708 (part) Sotheby’s Auction, 23-4 May 1988, lot 311 SNC December 2005 (HS 2216) A homonymous moneyer operated under Ecgebrht at the Rochester mint, and continued striking coin there until the early part of Æthelwulf’s reign (Naismtih R16, R19). It is possible that the Beagmund responsible for the present coin is one and the same as the Rochester moneyer, or alternatively a close relative. As such, a reattribution of this penny to Rochester cannot be entirely discounted.
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Kings of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-65), Penny, Inscribed Cross type [BMC i], Canterbury(?), Beagmund, aeθelbearht rex around diademed bust right breaking inner circle, rev. beagmvnd moneta arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross, 1.35g/11h (cf. Naismith C167c [this specimen untraced]; N 620; S 1053). Good very fine, dark toned £2,000-£2,600 --- Provenance: V.J.E. Ryan Collection, Part II, Glendining Auction, 22-4 January 1952, lot 708 (part) Sotheby’s Auction, 23-4 May 1988, lot 311 SNC December 2005 (HS 2216) A homonymous moneyer operated under Ecgebrht at the Rochester mint, and continued striking coin there until the early part of Æthelwulf’s reign (Naismtih R16, R19). It is possible that the Beagmund responsible for the present coin is one and the same as the Rochester moneyer, or alternatively a close relative. As such, a reattribution of this penny to Rochester cannot be entirely discounted.
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