ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish Northumbria). St. Peter coinage. Circa 905-919. AR Penny (19mm, 1.44 g, 10h). Swordless type, heavy issue. York mint. Struck circa 905-circa 910. SCI PE/TRI M in two lines; pellets above and below, pellet between two lozenges between / + EBORACE CIV, small cross pattée. SCBI 29 (Merceyside), 417 var. (rev. legend); BMC 1132; North 551; SCBC 1006. Old cabinet toning. Near EF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from York Coins, August 2006. Ex John Jordan Collection (Triton II, December 1998), lot 1261.
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