ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan, 924-939, AR Penny (23 mm, 1.21 gm., 5h), Wealdhelm moneyer, Wessex or Kent mint VF Very Rare

Obv: ÆÐELSTAN REX, small cross pattée
Rev: WEALD / HELIMO in two lines; + + + between, trefoil top and bottom.

Blunt, Athelstan, 106; SCBC 1089. VF, toned. Very rare, Blunt (*) records only 4 known specimens, all of them from Vatican hoard; none listed on Coin Archives.

(*) C.E. Blunt. “The Coinage of Athelstan, 924-939: a Survey” in BNJ (British Numismatic Journal) XLII (1974).

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