Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), silver Penny, portrait type, Canterbury group III, moneyer Deormod, diademed portrait right extending to bottom of coin, linear circle surrounds head, legend and toothed border surrounding, +COENVVLF REX M, rev. inverted die axis, pellet at centre of pincer cross, wedges in each outer angle, legend and toothed border surrounding, +DIOMOD MONETA, weight 1.34g (Naismith C39.1; N.347; S.916). Once cleaned, with residual colour, small flan split at top of reverse, base of obverse, just a touch weak in striking in chin area of portrait and on corresponding part of reverse, otherwise very fine and very rare.

Provenance:
Found Lincolnshire 2015, Early Medieval Corpus 2015.0111.
Ex Dix Noonan and Webb, Auction 131, 10th June 2015, lot 53.