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H4238 - Danelaw (880-924), Viking imitation of Edward the Elder (899-924), Silver Penny, 1.51g., post c.915, Two Line type, Unknown Irregular Mint in the Danelaw, +EADVVERD REX (die within a circle around cross pattée, rev., blundered legend in two lines separated by a row of three cross pattée's, a trefoil of pellet above and below, BEIAO OEOID (the D tretorgrade), (N.477; cf S.1087), flan crack in centre and two other small perforations, rich old cabinet tone, good very fine, rare and interesting. $595 SOLD Old ticket from unknown collector with misattribution to York. The Morley St. Peter (Norfolk) hoard of 1958 (SCBI 26), contained a large number of coins of Edward the Elder with a distinctive but blundered legend reading BEIAO OEOID. This coin belongs to this analogous group which is thought to have been struck in East Anglia or somewhere close by in the East Midlands around the time it was taken back from the Vikings by Edward in 917. The mint responsible for this derivative issue can perhaps be best understood as an expediency during the reconquest of this region that operated under quasi-official control. For more information see Blunt, Stewart and Lyon, Coinage in Tenth Century England, 1989, pp.52-55. |
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