His coins are larger than the earlier sceattas , but are small when compared with the pennies produced in Anglo - Saxon England several decades later .
Beonna was the first of the East Anglian kings whose coinage named both the ruler and his title .
Beonna 's coins are larger than the earlier sceattas , but are small when compared with the pennies produced in Anglo - Saxon England several decades later .
Beonna was the first of the East Anglian kings whose coinage named both the ruler and his title .