(x) Aethelstan (924/5-939), Penny, 1.579g, Two Line type, Southern group, Garulf, + æÐelstan rex, around small cross pattée in solid inner circle, rev. garv lfm¯o in two lines divided by three small crosses, trefoils of pellets above and below (Blunt 50 (Earnulf); SCBI 20 (Mack) 773 same dies; N.668; S.1089), fine, very rare.
Provenance:
Spink Australia, auction 27, 2 March 1989, lot 1243
Norweb, part 1, Spink auction 45, 13 June 1985, lot 54
Glendining, 13 March 1974, lot 85
Carlyon-Britton collection
Estimate: £250 - £300