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Triton XXIII 14-15 Jan 2020
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (22mm, 1.69 g, 12h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC viii). Norwich mint; Secgge, moneyer. + ÆÐELSTΛN REX, crowned, helmeted, draped bust right / + SECGGE · MO · NORPIC, small cross pattée. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe, pp. 60–1; Blunt, Aethelstan 287; SCBI 34 (BM), 148 (same rev. die); North 675; SCBC 1095. Portrait of fine style. Minor weakness in crown. Lightly toned. Good VF. Rare.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased privately from Classical Numismatic Group, 2018.
Aethelstan was the first ruler to be recognised as King of All England. In the 930s the Grately Codes decreed that there was to be only one coinage in the kingdom. He is the first English king to be depicted wearing a crown on the coinage.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, purchased privately from Classical Numismatic Group, 2018.
Aethelstan was the first ruler to be recognised as King of All England. In the 930s the Grately Codes decreed that there was to be only one coinage in the kingdom. He is the first English king to be depicted wearing a crown on the coinage.