CNG 97, Lot: 990. Estimate $2000. Sold for $2100. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelweard. Circa 845-855. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.24 g, 3h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Dudda, moneyer. + EÐELPARD RE (retrograde), large A / DVDD•A m•HE, cross pattée; wedges in angles. Naismith E49.3 = EMC 2005.0246 = Coin Register 2006, 188 (this coin); SCBI –; BMC –; North –; SCBC 953. VF, toned, minor edge loss (slightly more since photo in publications). Unique example of this type.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Timeline Originals, July 2009. Found by metal detector near King’s Lynn, Norfolk, by 2005.