Chipped, ex folded/rolled | ENGLAND. ANGLO-SAXON. Coenwulf o...

Hammer

£170

Chipped, ex folded/rolled | ENGLAND. ANGLO-SAXON. Coenwulf of Mercia, 796-821.
Silver Penny, 810-821.
Coenwulf was the last great King of Mercia. with his brother Cuthred as the King of Kent. Coenwulf entered a Treaty with Beorhtric of Wessex in 799 Wessex being the junior partner. Around 800 Coenwulf enforced vassalage of East Anglia. As a result he was styling himself as Emperor like Charlemagne, the first use of this title by a British King. Coenwulf died in 821 resulting in his overlordship of southern England to collapse within two years of his passing.

Bust right within plain inner circle. / Central cross having wedges to angles, within plain inner circle, +EALHZTANmONT.
Chipped, ex folded/rolled.

PAS ID: BH-50CA7A.

Reference: Naismith R2/North 357.
Diameter: 20 mm.
Weight: 0.95 g.
Composition: Silver.

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