Four Bermuda Hogge pennies sold for a combined total of $658,000 over the weekend.

The coins were auctioned off by 102-year-old US numismatist Eric P Newman, a world-renowned collector whose previous collections have sold for upwards of $24 million.

Proceeds from the sale will benefit the Eric P Newman Numismatic Education Society that was founded in 1958.

Mr Newman sold a Sommer Islands Twopence for $64,625; Threepence for $205,625; Sixpence for $129,250; and Shilling for $258,500.

The coins were all struck between 1615 and 1616.