EXTREMELY RARE Archbishop Ceolnoth 'Diocese of Canterbury' Penny
Silver, 0.81 grams; 19.23 mm. Group III. Circa 805 - 823 A.D. Obverse: Tonsured bust facing, bust extends to bottom of coin. Reverse: +BIORNmOD MONET, DOROVERNIA C monogram in centre, Biornmod at Canterbury. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2008.0144. North 241. Eighty percent complete with a full bust of Ceolnoth and monogram on reverse. Good fine. SOLD