The Spang Collection of The Kings & Queens of England. England. Aethelstan, 924-939.

Penny, AR 23 mm. 1.55 g., Circumscription Cross. York mint. Small cross, +ETHELSTAN REX TO BRIT. Rev. Small cross, REGNALD MO EOFRPIC. S.1093. North 671.
Minor deposits, otherwise very fine

Privately purchased from JP Linzalone & Son.
Son of Edward, he gained the submission of Northumbria in 927 and became the first King of all England. Anlaf Guthfrithsson and Constantine II of Scotland gathered a vast army but were defeated by Aethelstan at the great battle of Brunanburh, with great slaughter on both sides.