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ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia). St. Edmund memorial coinage. Circa 895-918. AR Penny (19mm, 1.45 g, 1h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Remigius, moneyer. Large A / + REMIGIVS ME F ·: (Remigius me fecit=Remigius made me), short cross pattée. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 107; SCBI –; BMC 530; North 483; SCBC 960. Toned. Good VF. A remarkably full reverse legend in good Latin, on a series normally known for corrupt and crude legends.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Andy Singer. 1999.
In the southern Danelaw 'a large coinage struck by some 70 moneyers evoked the name of the last king of East Anglia, Edmund, whom the Danes had murdered in 869 and now venerated as saint. These coinages are known mainly from one vast Viking treasure chest, found in 1840 at Cuerdale (Lancashire), that contained over 7000 coins and much silver bullion.' Grierson, p.49.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased from Andy Singer. 1999.
In the southern Danelaw 'a large coinage struck by some 70 moneyers evoked the name of the last king of East Anglia, Edmund, whom the Danes had murdered in 869 and now venerated as saint. These coinages are known mainly from one vast Viking treasure chest, found in 1840 at Cuerdale (Lancashire), that contained over 7000 coins and much silver bullion.' Grierson, p.49.