Triton XIX, Lot: 892. Estimate $2000. Sold for $1200. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (20mm, 1.38 g, 12h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Sigeræd, moneyer. Struck 862-869. + EΛDMVND RE+, large barred A flanked by pellets / + SIGERED MON, cross pattée, pellets in angles. Naismith E67.1l (this coin); cf. BMC 80; North –; SCBC 954 . Near EF, light tone. Rare.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex M. Vosper FPL 112 (March/April 2000), no. 96; Spink Numismatic Circular XXXI.11/12 (November/December 1923), no. 25242; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 20 November 1916) lot 905.

Edmund, the last king of East-Anglia, was martyred by the Vikings in a most gruesome manner in 869. He was later revered as a saint by the descendants of the very Vikings who had killed him as the St. Edmund memorial coinage (see lot ??? below) attests.