CNG 97, Lot: 998. Estimate $2500. Sold for $2500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (20.5mm, 1.26 g, 5h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Sigeræd, moneyer. Struck circa 862-869. + EΛDMVND REX Λ, large barred A; pellets flanking / + SIGERED MONE, cross pattée; pellets in angles. Naismith E67.1 var. (legends); SCBI 2 (Hunterian), 425 var. (same); BMC 77–81 var. (same); North 456; SCBC 954. Near EF, lightly toned, a touch of die wear.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Ex ‘Charles’ Collection (Dix, Noonan, Webb 93, 26 September 2011), lot 1008.