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Auction: 20055 - The Ennismore Collection of Anglo-Saxon and Viking Coins
Lot: 26

Kings of All England, Aethelstan (924-939), Penny, 'Portrait Type', London, Leofhelm, 1.55g, 12h, +ÆÐELSTAN REX, crowned and draped bust right, rev. +LIOFHELM MO LOND CI, small cross pate within inner circle (SCBI 6 [Edinburgh], 186; SCBI 34, 134, same dies; N.675; BMC VIII; Spink 1095), bright surfaces and some peripheral striking softness, the key devices otherwise clear, good very fine, rare

Provenance
Morton and Eden 72, 15 December 2014, lot 174

This coin is among the best examples of this type and this moneyer.


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Sold for
£5,200

Starting price
£3000