ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelweard. Circa 845-855. AR Penny (21mm, 1.34 g, 2h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Twicga, moneyer. + EÐELVVEARD REX, ‘Omega cross’ in beaded circle / + TPICG :·A:· mON, cross pattée with pellets in angles; all within beaded circle. Naismith E53.1a = Pagan, Coinage p. 70, IV, 1 = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 109 (this coin); North 454; SCBC 953. Mottled golden toning. Good VF. Very rare. With an exceptional pedigree.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVII.8 (October 1999), no. 3845; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 345; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part III, 19 November 1986), lot 768; Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.10 (October 1955), no. RCL51; R.C. Lockket Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 415; G.J. Bascom Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 15 June 1914), lot27; A.B. Richardson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 22 May 1895), lot 21; R. Marsham Collection (Sotheby, Wikinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 89.
Aethelweard, King of East Anglia (845-855) does not appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and is known only from his coins. He appears to have ruled East Anglia independent of the control of either Mercia or Wessex.
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