CNG 99, Lot: 1208. 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 (19.5mm, 1.38 g, 9h). Mint in East Anglia (Gipeswic [Ipswich]?); Dægmund, moneyer. S C EADHVND IIIEXI, large A; pellet below / + DIIEHOHD NOHETA, small cross pattée. Cf. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 465 = MEC 1, 1394 (legends and ornaments); cf. BMC 318-371; North 483; SCBC 960. Good VF, toned, small die break on obverse.

From the Michael Joffre Collection.