Attractive Portrait Penny of Æthelstan I

CNG 97, Lot: 984. Estimate $7500. Sold for $12000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (19mm, 1.35 g, 12h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadgar, moneyer. Struck circa 827-830. + EÞELZtAN RE+, diademed and draped bust right / + EAD•G(trefoil)AR MOH, cross-crosslet. Naismith E29.2b (this coin); SCBI –; BMC 4 var. (legends); North 435; SCBC 948. Good VF, toned, small scuff on reverse. Very rare, especially as a complete and unchipped example.

From the Collection of an Underwriter, purchased from Timeline Originals, April 2009. Found in Navestock Essex, December 2008.