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LOT 1398
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,210
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelstan - Scandinavian or Norse? - Irregular Circumscription Cross Penny
924-939(?) AD, imitative, BMC type v (variant). Obv: small cross with EÐIS.I.TANT+TOT BRIT irregular legend. Rev: small cross with pellet above one angle and +EIEMONETALVNER:. irregular legend for a moneyer 'Eie' (perhaps copying from Ellaf? at London?) at an uncertain, perhaps Scandinavian mint. 1.39 grams.
Extremely fine; as struck. Very rare.
LITERATURE:
S. 1092 (irregular); N. 671 (irregular); cf. EMC 1006.0193 (SCBI 6, 193) for a very similar example (different dies); cf. Blunt, C. E.,
FOOTNOTES:
A small number of these irregular or imitative coins have come to light over the years; five were in the Forum (Rome) hoard and a single was in each of the Trotternish, Skye 1891 (very similar coin published SCBI 6, 193. with other Viking, Saxon and Oriental coins) and Glendalough hoards; their origin is not certainly known but it might be indicative that these recorded specimens have either been found outside Britain or in Scotland; perhaps suggesting a Scandinavian/Viking imitative origin rather than being a blundered London issue.
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