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Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Circumscription Cross type, Oxford, Ingelri, cross, editnae eix, rev. cross, ingelri·m’ o ox vrbi·, 1.24g/3h (CEB 199 [= SCBI Ashmolean 327], same dies; N 672; S 1093). Slight mark in reverse field, otherwise nearly extremely fine, rare £1,200-1,500

An odd combination of a blundered obverse die with a highly literate reverse