CNG 97, Lot: 995. Estimate $1500. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (20mm, 1.28 g, 3h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Beaghelm, moneyer. Struck circa 862-869. + EΛDMVИD REX A(?), cross pattée; pellets in angles / + BΛEΓHELM MOT, cross pattée; pellets in angles. Naismith E61.3p corr. (this coin, obv. legend); SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1072 var. (legends); BMC 43–5 var. (same); North 456; SCBC 955. Good VF, lightly toned, minor edge loss.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Spink, February 2009.

Although Naismith does not note it, there is a letter at the end of the obverse legend, but is partially obscured by a weak strike in that area.