Description
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Small Flan type (c.1048-1050), Winchester mint, moneyer Aethelstan. Diademed and draped bust left, legend surrounds EDPERD REX. Rev, voided short cross, legend reads +ÆSTΛN ON PIN: ,0.77g (S.1175; N.818; BMC II; Freeman. 34).
Slightly ridged flan with an edge flan crack at 1 o’clock, looks to have been unevenly struck at the time perhaps, few metal stress striations; all the aforementioned appear to be in the strike or as a result of. Otherwise, clear legends, competent portrait of good quality, cabinet tone, with a better moneyer in Aethelstan. Very fine.
