ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadmund. 939-946. AR Penny (21mm, 1.48 g, 5h). Horizontal-Rosette 1 (HR 1) type (BMC i). Deoraby (Derby) mint?; Beornheard, moneyer. EADMVND REX, small cross pattée / BERN/ΛRD MO; + + + between, rosettes above and below. Cf. CTCE 219 = SCBI 34 (BM), 446 (moneyer Sigar, same obv. die); North 691; SCBC 1105. Good VF, toned, slight crimp.
Ex Lord Stewartby Collection (Part I, Spink 234, 22 March 2016), 177; A.L. Phillips Collection (Glendining’s, 19 June 1990), lot 448.
