St Edmund Memorial Type Penny

St Edmund Memorial (c. 885 – 915 AD) Type Penny; Viking East Anglia, Onnonia. 1.35g. (N. 483, S. 960). REF: GALAVD.

Obverse: Central letter A within wire circle, inscription around +SCEADMVNI. Reverse: Cross within wire circle, inscription around +ONHONAIIAII.

A really good coin: flat, well centred, excellent metal, pleasant toning, and a sharp strike. Same dies as EMC: 1002.0431 (SCBI: 2/431, Huntarian Museum, Glasgow). Almost extremely fine.

Interestingly the reverse legend appears to have been corrected slightly by the time 1002.0431 was struck, the Huntarian Museum example reads ‘ONHONANAII’, the second ‘N’ having been formed through addition of the missing bar. Blundered, inverted or reversed lettering is frequently present on early to mid 10th C., English coins produced in the Danelaw. An ‘early’ issue of the type as demonstrated by the larger flan and weight, see C.E. Blunt, et al., ‘Coinage in Tenth-Century England’, p. 100.

Price: £595 Status: Sold
Obverse
Reverse