An early-medieval silver penny of Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury (805-832), minted during the reign of Baldred of Kent (c.823-825) by Saeberht at Canterbury.
Diameter: 20.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm; weight: 1.3g.
An early-medieval silver penny of Wulfred, Archbishop of Canterbury (805-832), minted during the reign of Baldred of Kent (c.823-825) by Saeberht at Canterbury.
Diameter: 20.4mm; thickness: 0.8mm; weight: 1.3g.
This coin is a previously unrecorded type. The obverse shows a front-facing bust with simplified VVLFRED inscription (as opposed to VVLREF ARCHIEPIS) as seen on Naismith C67.2 (North 237/1). The reverse of this coin, showing a short cross pattée, is from North's Non-Portrait issue of Baldred (North 213; Naismith C63.2 for the moneyer Sigestef and Naismith 64.2-3 for the moneyer Swefherd) as well as for Ecgberht of Wessex (802-839; various reverses from Naismith C71-C76) issued during the first phase c.825-8.
The moneyer 'SAEBERHT' is previously known from Canterbury coins of Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821; Naismith C15 and C26), Cuthred of Kent (c.798-807; Naismith C19) and Wulfred during the reign of Coenwulf (Naismith C46 and C58), including an anonymous issue (C58) produced c.822-3. The use of the same reverse die design as on some issues of Baldred's suggests a date of 823 onwards, and extends the known dates for Saeberht as an episcopal moneyer probably to as late as c.828.
A RDF representation of BH-24D8C4
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BH-24D8C4
BH-24D8C4
Silver
9
0823
0828
20.4
1.3
Penny
Denomination
9
20.4
Diameter
0.8
Thickness
1.3
Weight
obverse
+VVL/FRED
reverse
+S.A.EBE.RHT
GB
en-GB
The Trustees of the British Museum
The Trustees of the British Museum
1
Silver
Primary material of object
Complete
Canterbury
Tonsured bust facing, inner ring behind.
Tonsured bust facing, inner ring behind.
+VVL/FRED
Obverse of coin
Short cross pattée, inner ring surrounding.
Short cross pattée, inner ring surrounding.
Reverse
+S.A.EBE.RHT
By Attribution 3.0
The period from for the object
0823
0828
The issuer of the coin
Method of manufacture
Ascribed culture