Eadweard II (Edward the Martyr). 975-978. AR penny. 1.33 gm. 20 mm. Canterbury mint. Diademed bust left; +EADPEA REX ANGLO / Small central cross pattee; +ÆDESTAN M-O CÆNT. S. 1142. N. 763. Near Very Fine; (Spink: 1985 "Rare. A little discoulered, otherwise about VF." £650).

Ex Spink with 1990s Edward the Martyr stock tag. First sold by Spink in 1985 and bought back by them in the mid 1990s from a collector whose tag notes this came from an altered die of EADGAR.