ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadmund. 939-946. AR Penny (21mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Bust Crowned (BC) (BMC vi). Uncertain mint; Boia/Boga, moneyer.

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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadmund. 939-946. AR Penny (21mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Bust Crowned (BC) (BMC vi). Uncertain mint; Boia/Boga, moneyer. Crowned and draped bust right / + BΘI:·Θ ·Λ·ΛONI:·TΛE, small cross pattée. Cf. CTCE 257-8 (for similar moneyer name); SCBI 34 –; North 697; SCBC 1106. Wavy flan, cleaning marks, scratches. VF.

From the Todd Hansen Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 99 (14 March 2012), lot 369 (hammer £2600).

The moneyer Boia/Boga is known from two-line types of Edmund, with the name rendered as BOGA or BOEAI, though Bosa (CTCE 261) is another possibility. On this specimen, the E in MONETA is rendered as “I:·” and the final, regularly engraved letter E may represent a mint name.

Closing Date and Time: 23 September 2020 at 14:20:40 ET.

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