Danish East Anglia, penny ca. 895-918 AD (Ex. Elder 1921)

Viking Coinages, Danish East Anglia, St. Edmund memorial penny dated ca. 895-918 AD. Struck under moneyer Adalbert in an East Anglian mint (Ipswich?). Good Very Fine condition. Beautiful toning. +SCEADMVN RE around large A / +OLBRANIIME around cross pattee. N 483. S 960. SCBI 30, 243 (this coin). 1,39 g. 

Ex. The Garrett Collection part II, sold by Bank Leu AG / Numismatic Fine Arts, Inc. 16 – 18 October 1984 (lot 737); Purchased by John Work Garrett (1872–1942) from (Thomas L.) Elder on 21 October 1921. Later donated to Johns Hopkins University.

Protocol no. 5826