Excessively Rare Aethelstan I 'Bust Right' Anglo-Saxon Penny
Silver, 1.35 grams, 19.09 mm. East Anglia; 825-845 AD. Obverse: profile bust extending to edge of coin with legend +EDELZTAH REX. Reverse: short cross crosslet with legend +EADGAR MON for the moneyer Edgar. S. 948; N. 434/435. Not listed for the combination of obverse and moneyer by North and dies not recorded in EMC or SCBI. Extremely rare and good very fine.