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Auction: 15004 - Ancient, British and Foreign Coins and Commemorative Medals
Lot: 453

Aethelstan (924-39), Penny, 1.38g, 'Church' type, York mint signed, Regnald, +aedlstan rex, trefoil of wedges after regnal title, cross pattée within inner circle, rev. eb / or / ac / a¯c / regnald / mon in four lines, the mint signature divided by depiction of Anglo-Saxon church or tower, ground line below, contraction mark between final a and c of mint signature, trefoil before and after mon, cross below (Blunt BNJ Vol.XLII, No 438; CTCE p.305; N.684; S.1100), chipped at 10 o'clock, some light weakness of strike apparent in areas, generally a most presentable piece with all essential devices clear, nearly extremely fine and rare with the cross on reverse

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Sold for
£2,300

Sale 15004 Notices
The reference should read S.1101.