CNG 97, Lot: 1002. Estimate $500. Sold for $575. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). St. Edmund memorial coinage. Circa 895-918. AR Penny (20mm, 1.36 g, 3h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Bado, moneyer. + SC EΛD(three pellets)NV (S horizontal), large A / + BΛDI MONI, cross pattée. SCBI 26 (East Anglia), 1081 var. (legends); BMC 270–1 var. (same); North 483; SCBC 960. VF, toned, a few tiny marks on obverse, shallow hairline surface cracks on reverse.

From the Collection of an Underwriter. Reportedly found in Essex before 2006.