434, Lot: 564. Estimate $300. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (18mm, 1.15 g, 5h). Early non-portrait type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); no moneyer. Struck circa 830-837/8. + EDEGSTAN, barred A / + REX ·A·Λ·IG, barred ω. Naismith E32.1j = EMC 2006.0168 (
this coin, small edge chip since); North 439; SCBC 950. VF, toned, some edge loss, slight wave.
From the Londinium Collection. Found in Snettisham, Norfolk, by 2006.