Penny of Beornwulf

Aldred Wright said that the coin pictured here was unearthed during a club dig on the 25th of August. I was asked for my opinion on its possible commercial value.

The coin is an Anglo-Saxon penny of Beornwulf, who was King of Mercia from AD 823 to 825. Within the inner circle on the obverse is a crude head facing right and the surrounding legend reads +BEORNPVLF REIXI. Inside the inner circle on the reverse is a cross crosslet, which is accompanied by four pellets. The moneyer will be Eacga.

Valuation

Anglo-Saxon pennies of this period that are unearthed by detectorists are often defective. This specimen has survived remarkably well. It is flat, it has no weak areas and there are no edge chips or cracks; the obverse would grade good VF, the reverse VF.

This is a very rare coin and it is rarer still in its present state of preservation. If offered for sale at auction I would expect the pre-sale estimate to be £6,000-7,000.

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