ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Edmund. 855-869. AR Penny (20mm, 1.28 g, 12h). Late phase. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadmund, moneyer. Struck circa 862-869. + EADMVИD REX, large barred A / + EADMVND M AN (
AN in composite Runic), cross pattée, pellets in angles. Naismith E65j = Pagan,
Coinage p. 76, VIII (
this coin); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 103; North 456; SCBC 954 . Richly toned. Near EF. Unusually fine metal for this issue.
Ex Spink Numismatic Circular LXXXIX.4 (April 1981), no. 3104.
