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Penny - Æthelheard 5th issue
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Canterbury |
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| Year | 798-805 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse lettering | ΛEÐIL`HEΛ`RD ΛR EP (Translation: Archbishop Æthelheard.) |
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| Mintage | ND (798-805) |
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Æthelheard's archiepiscopate was defined less by ecclesiastical calm than by political crisis: he fled Canterbury in 796 when Mercian-backed unrest made his position untenable, and Pope Leo III had to intervene before he was restored. His coinage continued through this turbulence, struck under Mercian overlordship at a time when Offa's death had thrown the southern English kingdoms into realignment. This fifth issue belongs to the post-restoration period, when Æthelheard was consolidating ties with the new Mercian king Coenwulf.
North 232 is among the scarcer attributions in the Canterbury archiepiscopal sequence.