Aethelstan, 925-941
Obverse, crowned bust or cross, and name ÆTHELSTAN, ETHELSTAN, ÆDELSTAN, or abbreviated; R or REX, or REX SAXORVM, or REX TOTIVS BRITANNIÆ, etc. Reverse, cross, building, or other device, and name of moneyer, etc. On some the name is in lines across the coin, and some are devoid of all ornament. The names upon these coins, of towns where minted, are Derby, Bath, Southampton, Canterbury, Exeter, York, Gloucester, Hereford, Leicester, London, Langport, Norwich, Oxford, Rochester, Shaftesbury, Shrewsbury, Nottingham, Stafford, Worcester, Wallingford, Wareham, and Winchester, and the number of known varieties of moneyers’ names closely approaches 220.