CNG 97, Lot: 996. Estimate $2000. Sold for $3250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.31 g, 9h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Beornferth, moneyer. Struck 855-circa 862. + EADMVND REX AN, cross on base with crosses emanating diagonally from sides / BEORNFERÐ MO, cross pattée; pellets in angles. Naismith E56.1u (this coin); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 101–2; BMC 46–7; North 459; SCBC 955. Good VF, toned.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Alex Boggis, May 2009. Found near Basingstoke, Hampshire, 1983.