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Auction: 15004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 446

Aethelstan (924-39), Penny, 1.31g, 'Church' type, York, Frotier, +aedlstan rex, trefoil of wedges after regnal title, cross pattée within inner circle, crescent and pellet in field, rev. fr / ot / ierm / mon in three lines, the first divided by depiction of Anglo-Saxon church or tower, ground line below, no additional symbols in field (Blunt BNJ Vol.XLII, No 441; CTCE p.295; N.683; S.1100), very fine flan crack at 5 o'clock which runs to centre of coin, minor delamination in areas, some weakness on church but barely detracts, this piece on a pleasingly round flan and well-centred, good very fine and an interesting variety with the additional symbols on reverse

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£2,400