410, Lot: 548. Estimate $750. Sold for $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Martyr. 975-978. AR Penny (20mm, 1.49 g, 3h). Sole type (BMC i). Southampton mint; Eadwine, moneyer. + EΛDPEΛRD REX Λ(ИG)L(ORVX), diademed bust left / + EΛDPINE M–O HΛMPIC, small cross pattée. SCBI –; EMC 2001.0820 = 2010.0083 (this coin); North 763; SCBC 1142. Near Fine, toned, light marks and porosity. Very rare.

Ex Coins & Antiquities inventory (February 2011, at £2500). Found near Dorchester, before 2001.