ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (20mm, 1.29 g, 10h). Early Non-portrait type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Torhthelm, moneyer. Struck circa 830-837/8. + EÞEL’STΛ’И’I, large barred A / + T◊RHTELM, cross pattée with pellets in angles. Naismith 36.1e (same dies); SCBI 67 (BM), 865-871; North 440; SCBC 950. Toned, edge bend and chip. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from M. Vosper, November 2000.
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