The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 34, August 5, 2005, Article 14

COENWULF COIN BARRED FROM EXPORT

In September 2004 (E-Sylum v7n37) we discussed the
gold coin of Coenwulf discovered in Bedfordshire, England.
The coin was later sold by Spink to Allan Davisson, but
there was a question of whether an export license would
be granted to allow the export of the coin out of England.
According to a report published this week, "Culture Minister
David Lammy has placed a temporary export bar on a gold
coin, issued during the reign of Coenwulf, king of Mercia
(796-821). This will provide a last chance to raise the money
to keep the coin in the United Kingdom.

The Minister's ruling follows a recommendation by the Reviewing
Committee on the Export of Works of Art. The Committee
found that the coin was so closely connected with our history
and national life that its departure would be a misfortune; that
it was of outstanding aesthetic importance; and that it was of
outstanding significance for the study of numismatics, monetary
history, royal government and the history of London, where it
was produced. The Committee also awarded a starred rating
to the coin, meaning that every possible effort should be
made to raise enough money to keep it in the country.

The coin is one of the most stunning of all known Anglo-Saxon
coins and was discovered in 2001. It belongs to an excessively
rare category of coinage, is of very fine quality and in an
exceptional state of preservation, and has a striking image of
Coenwulf, with inscriptions in elegant lettering. It weighs 4.33g
and measures 20mm in diameter."

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  Wayne Homren, Editor

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