EARLY MEDIEVAL COIN

827

827-845AD. Hammered silver broad penny of Aethelstan I, King of East Anglia. Length 20.1mm, Width 19.7mm, Thickness 1.3mm, Diameter 19.7mm, Weight 1.3g. Obverse: Non portrait type, cross pattee with a wedge in each angle within beaded inner circle. AED(TH)ELSTH REX Reverse: Cross pattee with a wedge in each angle within beaded inner circle AED(TH)EL.HELM MO ie Aethelhelm moneyer. BMC 446/2 or 447/3. Little wear, attractive silver colour on obverse but some green patchy verdigris on reverse with a small crack half way into the legend. Ref. Coins of England Spink 2003, page 104 No. 951 and English Hammered Coinage, Volume 1, by J.J. North Third Edition 1994 page 103-104. BMC 446/2 or BMC 447/3.