Lot 1390

Description

Kings of East Anglia, Eadmund, (855-869 A.D.), silver penny, Alpha Cross Pattee type, Ipswich Mint?, moneyer Eadwald, issued 862-869, (0.99 g), obv. thick inner circle (8.5 mm) containing A (Alpha) with macron above, no pellet either side, plain cross before legend +EADMVND REX around which begins at 12 o'clock, N reverse barred, rev. plain cross, large pellets in angles, within thick inner oval (9 mm), plain cross followed by legend +EAD_HN MohET around, _ (W) retrograde, (S.954, N.456/1, BMC 41). Toned, oval flan with some edge losses, clear legends good fine and rare.

Ex S.J.Green Collection. Purchased Spink Auction 18006 Lot # 1570 (26 September 2018). Nicholas Rhodes Collection, purchased 1950. With collector's tickets.
Naismith E66.1 (this coin is not listed but cf. E66.1w), CSE Volume 2, Page 390-393.