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Auction 15004  25-26 March 2015
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Lot 452

Starting price: 1600 GBP
Price realized: 2000 GBP
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Aethelstan (924-39), Penny, 1.33g, '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 (Blunt BNJ Vol.XLII, No 438; CTCE p.305; N.684; S.1100), chipped at 4 and 6 o'clock, the first chip resulting in a flan crack visible on obverse only, the rest of the fabric superb, a pleasing strike, particularly so on the reverse, extremely fine. Estimate: £2,000.00 - £3,000.00
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