Penny - Æthelwulf Canterbury mint; Phase III

Features

Location Kingdom of Wessex (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
Moneyer Ealhmund
King Aethelwulf (839-858)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 848-854
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.22 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
313226
References Sp# 1049,
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# 614
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

Legend around monogram within inner circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
+ EÐELVVLF
DORIB

Translation:
Aethelwulf.
Canterbury.

Reverse

Legend around monogram within inner circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
+ EALGMVNP MONETA
CANT

Translation:
Ealhmund, moneyer.
Kent.

Mint

Canterbury, England

Comments

Anglo-Saxon Middle Period (c.780-973), Kings of Wessex (786-924), Aethelwulf (839-858), Phase III (c.848-c.854), Canterbury mint.

Son of Ecgberht; sub-King of Essex, Kent, Surrey and Sussex, 825-839; King of all southern England, 839-855; King of Essex, Kent and Sussex only, 855-858.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (848-854) 

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