CNG 97, Lot: 992. Estimate $1000. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.23 g, 12h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Æthelhelm, moneyer. Struck 855-circa 862. + ADMVND REX AN, cross pattée; outward-facing crescents in quarters / + EÐEΓHEΓM MO, cross pattée; pellets in angles. Naismith E54.2b (this coin); SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 420; BMC –; North 458; SCBC 955. Good VF, slight crease with associated surface cracks. Rare.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Michael Trenerry, December 2005.