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Auction: 26005 - British and World Coins and Medals: The Martin J Waldron Collection of English Coins
Lot: 242

(x) Danish East Anglia (c. 885-915), 'St Edmund Memorial Coinage', Penny, c. 895-915, East Anglian Mint, Alecred / Ælfræd [?], + SC EAIDI, A with Y-shaped bar in centre, rev. + ALECRED, inverted V for A, cross pattée in centre, 1.55g [23.92grns], 3h (cf. Blackburn & Pagan, BNJ [2002], pg. 11, no. 7; SCBI -; North 483; BMC -; S.960), light tone, very fine and extremely rare, the moneyer unrecorded in North and BMC, with the only comparable example coming from the 'Baldwin' Parcel studied by Blackburn and Pagan

Provenance

The Martin Waldron Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet Coins

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Estimate
£400 to £600

Starting price
£320