★ A New Type for Æthelstan I of East Anglia ★

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelstan I. Circa 827-845. AR Penny (20mm, 1.52 g, 6h). Portrait type. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Eadgar, moneyer. Struck circa 827-830. + EΔEL • ZtAN RE+ (retrograde Z), diademed bust right / + EA•DGAR mOHET, cross potent; wedges in angles. EMC 2019.0253 ( this coin ); Naismith –; SCBI –; BMC –; North –; cf. SCBC 948. Slight undulation to flan and some very light porosity, otherwise a well struck coin. Near EF. A previously unrecorded type for this very rare portrait issue.

Found at Asheldham, Essex, 2019.