Athelstan, Anglo-Saxon kings of Wessex. AD 924-939. AR Penny 
22mm, 1.25 g. Helmet type BMC xii. Moneyer: Beso. 

+AEDELSTAN REX, crowned, helmeted, draped bust right.
BESE MONETA, cross crosslet. 

Seaby 1104; North 686; SCBI 34 (BM); EMC 2013.0358 (this coin).

Rare. Though unknown for Æthelstan, this moneyer is 
recorded for Eadmund and Eadred.

Found beside the River Thames at Battersea, Spring 1983. PAS recorded.