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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 3372624, member: 73099&quot;]Two chipped British medieval Anglo-Saxon coins:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894484[/ATTACH] </p><p>Aethelwald Moll of Northumbria (759-765), with Archbishop Ecgberht of York</p><p>Provenance of this coin dates back to 1840s, has been in several prominent collections (Stewartby, Grantley, Rashleigh, Dymock).</p><p>Was the only known coin of this long forgotten king until recently.&nbsp; Metal detectorists have discovered an additional two or three examples since the 1990s.&nbsp; Remains very rare though.</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]894486[/ATTACH] </p><p>Wiglaf of Mercia, probably 2nd reign (830-839)</p><p>Despite a decade in power, coins of this era and of this monarch are exceedingly rare.&nbsp; Last I checked, there were 12 or 13 coins of Wiglaf known, about half in museums.&nbsp; Mercia was something of a mess during the 820s and 830s as a result of Viking attacks on one side and attacks from the ascendant kingdom of Wessex on the other.</p><p><br /></p><p>Both of these coins are of course damaged, but the extreme rarity of the issue makes them still have collector appeal, even if the aesthetics are lacking.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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