Eadmund (939 – 946 AD) Two Line Type Penny; HC2, Eadred. 1.52g. (N. 693, S. 1105). REF: J72G45.
Obverse: Central cross-pattée, inscription around +EADMVND REX. Reverse: cross-pattée above and below, central line of a cross-pattée flanked by two annulets dividing inscription EADR / EDMO.
Uniform grey tone, good metal, slight crinkle to centre. An extremely rare variety, three examples are listed in the EMC/SCBI (all full die matches with this coin). About very fine.
Provenance:
Ex. J.J. North collection. The plate coin used in Jeffrey J. North’s ‘English Hammered Coinage Volume 1’, plate 11, number 29.
Obverse
Reverse