Penny of Beornwulf
The finder of this coin wished to remain anonymous. He said it turned up on the 15th of March and I was asked for my opinion on its possible commercial value.
The coin is an Anglo-Saxon silver penny of Beornwulf, who was King of Mercia from 823 to 825 AD. Within the inner circle on the obverse is a crude head of the king facing right.
On the reverse, in three lines, is PER BALD MONE, so Werbald is the moneyer. Pennies of this type belong to Group I and were struck in East Anglia. In the Standard Catalogue it is listed as number 928.
Valuation
Pennies of this period are often brittle and susceptible to breakage. This specimen has lost some of the edge at the start of the obverse legend and there is a small striking crack at roughly 1:30 but it is otherwise in about VF condition. It is very rare so if it was offered for sale at auction I’d expect the pre-sale estimate to be set no lower than £2,000.
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