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LOT 1399
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,146
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelstan - Torthelm - Portrait Penny
924-939 AD, BMC type viii. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELSTAN REX legend. Rev: small cross with +TORHTELMMO legend for the moneyer Torthelm, struck at a southern or East Anglian mint. 1.26 grams.
Extremely fine; as struck. Rare.
LITERATURE:
S. 1094; N. 673.
FOOTNOTES:
A moneyer of this name struck at Canterbury.
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