Rare Ecgberht 'Monogram' Penny
Silver, 1.00 grams, 21.12 mm. Canterbury Portrait Type; 802-839 AD. Obverse: profile bust right with legend +ECGBE [RHTR]EX. Reverse: Monogram DORIB C at centre with legend +DI[ ]DMNET- with a 'Mercian' M and the NE ligated for the moneyer Deormod. This coin recorded in the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC 2008.0348) as found near Newport, Isle of Wight. S. 1035; N. 573. Very fine with chip but rare.