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Auction: 18011 - The Williams Collection of Anglo-Saxon, Viking and Norman Coins - Part I
Lot: 65

(x) Kings of All England, Aethelstan (924/5-939), Penny, 1.29g, 1h, York, Regnald, + aedlstan rexx, around small cross patteé, pellets in second and third quarters, all within a solid inner circle, rev. tower above a straight horizontal line dividing the fields, eb - or / ac - ac in two lines at sides, regnald / mon in two lines below, trefoils of pellets either side of mon and small cross below (BSL pl. 7, 24 this coin; cf. Blunt and Stewart, Numismatic Chronicle 1983, pp. 146-163, and pl. 23 no.B7 this coin; N.684; S.1101), traces of ghosting on the obverse, extremely fine, attractively toned, very rare

provenance:
Lawrence Stack, Sotheby, 22-23 April 1999, lot 468
Sotheby, 28 May 1987, lot 332 (one of four coins from the Bossall/Flaxton hoard - 'The Property of a Gentleman')
The Bossall-Flaxton hoard, discovered in October 1807, contained about 300 Anglo-Saxon Pennies. The coins were dispersed, and many have been traced in 19th century collections. The present coin is from a small group from the hoard aquired by Samuel Birchall (1761-1814), a wool stapler from Leeds and a keen token collector. He issued a Leeds Halfpenny token in 1795.



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Sold for
£6,500