The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot

Eadwald (c.798), kings of east anglia, Eadwald (c.796-c.798), eadvald rex in three lines divided by two lines of pellets reverse po d e l within compartments of quatrefoil, 1.34 gms (BMC 3; N. 432; S. 947). Rim a little chipped and slightly buckled, otherwise very fine, extremely rare, moneyer excessively so (£1,500-2,000)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot.

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Only one other coin of this type and moneyer is known, a fragment reading po (cf. BNJ 55 [1985], pp.71-2).