The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins

Kings of East Anglia, Æthelstan I (c. 827-45), Penny, Late Phase, Tuduwine, aedelstan re around cross pattée, rev. tvdpine mo around cross pattée, 1.32g/6h (Naismith E47.5a, this coin; Pagan, BNJ 1982, p.64, I, 1, this coin; N 446; S 951). A little surface discolouration, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,500-2,000

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: Sevington (Wiltshire) Hoard, 1834; C.W. Loscombe Collection, Sotheby Auction, 30 March-14 April 1855, lot 1042; E.W. Rashleigh Collection, Sotheby Auction, 21 June-1 July 1909, lot 112; H.M. Reynolds Collection, Sotheby Auction, 4 May 1914, lot 15; Prof. A.S. Napier Collection, Sotheby Auction, 3-4 August 1916, lot 19; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part IV, Glendining Auction, 26-7 April 1960, lot 3604; Clonterbrook Trust Collection [G.D. Lockett], Glendining Auction, 7 June 1974, lot 17