Penny - Berhtwulf Group II; Portrait issue

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Mercia (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
King Berhtwulf (840-852)
Type Standard circulation coin
Year 848
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.29 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
186131
References Sp# 935,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 414
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Diademed bust right within inner circle, ruler's title around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: BERHTVVLF REX

Translation: King Berhtwulf.

Reverse

Voided cross crosslet with pellet at centre within inner circle, moneyer's name around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + DENEHEΛH m

Translation: Deneheah, moneyer.

Comments

Anglo-Saxon middle period (c.780-973), Kings of Mercia (757-880), Berhtwulf (840-852), Group II, Portrait issue, struck c.848.

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