ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Eadwald. Circa 796-800. AR Penny (19mm, 1.38 g, 9h). Three-line type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadnoth, moneyer. Struck 796-circa 800. EADV between two pelleted lines; AΓD above, REX below; all within border of pellets / Long beaded cross with E AD И ◊Ð in quarters; all within quatrefoil. Naismith E2.1d = SCBI 20 (Mack), 673 (same dies); BMC –; North 432; SCBC 947. Find patina, some porosity, scattered marks. VF. Very rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from M. Vosper, March 2001.
Eadwald, King of East Anglia (ca. 796-798) briefly reasserted the independence of East Anglia after the death of King Offa of Mercia. He is known only from his coins. King Coenwulf restored Mercian control over East Anglia, which held from 798 to 826.
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