S.927. East Anglia, Hereberht. -

Ceolwulf I (821-23), penny, portrait type, East Anglian mint, ?Ipswich, Hereberht.  Images from a private collection.

REX M +CEOLVVLF, uncial M with bar above, bust right, rev. legend in three lines divided by crooks, RHT / E BE+ / HER, lower line inverted and retrograde (Naismith E17i – this coin; N.392: S.927), old edge chipping 3 to 6 o’clock, even overall wear, good metal, good fine, very rare, with strong provenance (Williams IV, Spink 259, 29 January 2019, 478, £1677, ex Spink 175, 28-29 September 2005, 1307, est 400-500, rel. £1400, SNC, April 1991, #1789, £650, SNC October 1989, #5343.  £750, unsold, Lord Grantley, Glendining, 22.3.44, 858, J.G. Murdoch. Sotheby, 31 March 1903, 29, bt. Rollin, £2-8-0, H. Montagu, Sotheby, 18-23 November 1895, 262, bt Spink, £1-14-0, Marsham-Townsend, Sotheby, 19 November 1888, 81(a), lot rel. £8-15-0).