Triton XIX, Lot: 890. Estimate $5000. Sold for $7500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelweard. Circa 845-855. AR Penny (21mm, 1.29 g, 6h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadmund, moneyer. AEÐELVVEARD REX, large A / + EADMVND MO, cross pattée, pellets in angles. Naismith E50; SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 97; BMC 28–30; North 450; SCBC 953 (this coin illustrated). Near EF, lightly toned with an attractive golden lustre. Very rare, an excellent example.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex G.S. Hopkins Collection (Baldwin’s 30, 7 May 2002), lot 15.

The Standard Catalogue of British Coins (50th edition) plate coin.