Kings of East Anglia~
Anglo Saxon Kings of East Anglia
Beonna (A.D. 758) (sceattas only); Aethelberht Lul (A.D. 792-794); Eadwald (A.D. 796); Aethelstan I (A.D. 825-840); Aethelweard (A.D. 850); Eadmund (A.D. 855-870)
~~~3710~1943~~
Aethelstan I~
Aethelstan I (A.D. 825 - 840)
There appears to be no documentary reference to this King, apart from his extensive coinage which runs to six types. It is in 825 that the Chronicles record that the 'king of the East Angles' sought the protection of Ecgberht, the king of the West Saxons, the East Angles always having had a raw deal from their Mercian masters, any revolts being suppressed with some brutality. This entry does not specify the king's name. Ecgberht does have a son Aethelstan, who became under-king of Kent in 839, but he may have just been old enough in 825 to be one and the same, 'though he would have to have been a replacement of the king mentioned.
~~~3710~1944~~
SP 004832~
Aethelstan I 'Alpha/Omega' Penny. Silver, 1.17 grams; 19.27 mm. +EDEL' STANI, Round Alpha A with cross bar above, in small inner circle. R. +ANG REX, around omega with bar above, within inner circle. Uncertain moneyer, probably minted at Ipswich, Suffolk 827 - 845 A.D. N 439; S 950 variant. Only five coins of this type recorded with the Medieval Coin Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2006.0168. Slightly irregular flan, Very Fine/Extremely Fine. Found near Snettisham, Norfolk.
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Aethelstan I 'Alpha/Omega' Penny. Silver, 1.17 grams; 19.27 mm. +EDEL' STANI, Round Alpha A with cross bar above, in small inner circle. R. +ANG REX, around omega with bar above, within inner circle. Uncertain moneyer, probably minted at Ipswich, Suffolk 827 - 845 A.D. N 439; S 950 variant. Only five coins of this type recorded with the Medieval Coin Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum. Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge University as: EMC 2006.0168. Slightly irregular flan, Very Fine/Extremely Fine. Found near Snettisham, Norfolk. SOLD
~~3710~8861~~