ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). Cnut & Siefred (Sigeferth). Circa 900. AR Penny (20mm, 1.33 g, 7h). ‘Mirabile fecit’ type. Eoforwic (York) mint. + MIR·ΛBII·Λ IECT, cross pattée; pellets in first and fourth quarters / + · EBR·ΛI·CE · C, patriarchal cross, four pellets around upper crossbar. L&S class VIc; SCBI 29 (Merseyside), 396 (same obv. die); BMC 1057; North 512; SCBC 1000. EF, toned, obverse slightly double struck. Rare.
From the Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Baldwin’s 52 (25 September 2007), lot 174.