ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (19.5mm, 1.29 g, 8h). Non-portrait type, late phase. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Æthelhelm, moneyer. Struck circa 837/8-845. AEDEΓS+AN REX, cross pattée, pellets in angles / EÐELHELM MO A, cross pattée, pellets in angles. Naismith –; SCBI –; North –; SCBC 951. VF, toned, very slight undulation to flan. Rare.
Ex Alan Williams Collection, purchased from Mike Vosper, June 2001.
