ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.55 g, 2h). Church tower type (BMC ix). Mercian Northwest dies; Eadmund, moneyer. Middle period I, circa 910-915. + EADVVEARD EX, small cross pattée / ዞ² ዝ⎍/ónዝ, Façade of a Saxon church tower (or reliquary?); EA DV/M ND in two lines across field. CTCE 320k (this coin); SCBI 4 (Copenhagen), 687; BMC 109; North 666; SCBC 1083. Toned, a few faint deposits. Near EF. Extremely rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Review XX.2 (Summer 1995), no. 832; Spink Numismatic Circular XC.9 (November 1982), no. 8139.
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