Dr Allen from the Fitzwilliam Museum has recorded the coin in the Medieval Corpus of Coins.
He also gave me the following information:-
“This is a coin of the Canterbury moneyer Eaba in the Tribrach phase of Coenwulf of Mercia's coinage, 797/8-805. Rory Naismith's book The Coinage of Southern England 796-865 records twelve coins of Eaba in this type (C14.1, North 342). The letter M for Merciorum (of the Mercians) is in the centre of the obverse.”
He also advised that I would improve the legibility of the coin by carefully washing which I have now done so.
Thank you Roger for giving me Dr Allen's details. We hope to go to the museum and show him the coin in a few weeks time.
Update on Saxon Penny.
Dr Allen from the Fitzwilliam Museum has recorded the coin in the Medieval Corpus of Coins.
He also gave me the following information:-
“This is a coin of the Canterbury moneyer Eaba in the Tribrach phase of Coenwulf of Mercia's coinage, 797/8-805. Rory Naismith's book The Coinage of Southern England 796-865 records twelve coins of Eaba in this type (C14.1, North 342). The letter M for Merciorum (of the Mercians) is in the centre of the obverse.”
He also advised that I would improve the legibility of the coin by carefully washing which I have now done so.
Thank you Roger for giving me Dr Allen's details. We hope to go to the museum and show him the coin in a few weeks time.