The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot

Æthelstan I (c.825-840), kings of east anglia, Æthelstan I, edelst·ani, in centre A, pellet below, reverse d[a]moairai around cross pattée, 1.21 gms (N. 440; S. 950; HEP p.66). Broken and repaired in two places, and with small crack showing daylight, but otherwise about very fine and excessively rare (£600-800)

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Earlier Hammered Coins formed by the late Captain 'Peter' Arnot.

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Pagan only records one coin of this type (ex Briggs [1893] and Bascom [1914]), though a second specimen, perhaps this coin, was reported to him. He also notes another somewhat similar coin (Joseph Kenyon collection) with a slightly different reverse reading