CNG 103, Lot: 1165. Estimate $1000.
Sold for $1600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (23mm, 1.49 g, 6h). Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). Leigeceaster (Chester) mint mint; Abba, moneyer. ÆÐELSTAN RE TOBRLE, small cross pattée / + ΛBBΛ MOIN LEGECF, small cross pattée. Blunt,
Aethelstan 136; SCBI 5 (Chester), 2 var. (initial cross in obv. legend); North 672; SCBC 1093. VF, toned, flan crack, a few light marks.
