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Auction Highlights:
.jpg "Greek Marble Head of Dionysus")
.jpg "Roman Veined Marble Torso of an Athlete")
.jpg "Large Middle Elamite Cylinder Seal of Kidnu, Chief Overseer of King Tan-Ruhurater II")
.jpg "Mesopotamian Torch Bearer Stand with Lion Tamer")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Obv: facing Woden head. Rev: crested beast right, head turned back. 1.01 grams, 11 mm.
Good fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
This specimen, from is crude design and debased silver, its likely to be a British copy of the well-known Wodan type.
Good fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
This specimen, from is crude design and debased silver, its likely to be a British copy of the well-known Wodan type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head right with eyes, beak, and legs below. Rev: standard with four lines, two pellets and central pellet-in-annulet. 1.23 grams, 12.05 mm.
Extremely fine, well struck with sharp details. Very rare.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Extremely fine, well struck with sharp details. Very rare.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head right with cross and two I's. Rev: standard with symbols around a central annulet. 1.16 grams, 12.01 mm.
Good very fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Good very fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head right. Rev: standard with angular symbols (derived from TOTII). 1.06 grams, 11.85 grams.
Extremely fine, chipped.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Extremely fine, chipped.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Obv: [+]COENVV[LF REX?] around an inner circle. Rev: triangle and remains of other characters around an inner circle. 0.31 grams, 16 mm.
Good fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Good fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Obv: top-barred A with +SCEA DN legend. Rev: small cross with +ANRIC.AI legend. 1.32 grams, 18 mm.
Very fine, hairline cracks.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Very fine, hairline cracks.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Obv: profile bust right with +AELBRED REX legend. Rev: lunettes broken at edges with HEBECA for moneyer Hebeca between MON and ETA. 1.08 grams, 20.09 mm.
Very fine, edge chip. Very rare.
Found near Linton, Cambridgeshire, UK, on 13 January 2024.
Adrian W. Lyons and William A. Mackay The Lunettes Coinage of Alfred The Great, One of the authors of the above article, William MacKay, has commented as follows: 'This accords with BNJ Lyon and MacKay 2008, Alfred lunettes Mercian style obverse, var. V – see page 49. The bust aligns with the group V obverses of Burgred, in this case specifically type V5 – MacKay 2015, p. 127 and plate nos 152-182. The moneyer named on the coin is Hebeca. He appears as one the two moneyers striking lunettes pennies for Archbishop Ceolnoth so was likely Canterbury based. The Mercian style obverse die would likely have been cut at one of the Mercian mint workshops at London. The reverse type D – crooks - as here is scarce for Alfred.'
Very fine, edge chip. Very rare.
Found near Linton, Cambridgeshire, UK, on 13 January 2024.
Adrian W. Lyons and William A. Mackay The Lunettes Coinage of Alfred The Great, One of the authors of the above article, William MacKay, has commented as follows: 'This accords with BNJ Lyon and MacKay 2008, Alfred lunettes Mercian style obverse, var. V – see page 49. The bust aligns with the group V obverses of Burgred, in this case specifically type V5 – MacKay 2015, p. 127 and plate nos 152-182. The moneyer named on the coin is Hebeca. He appears as one the two moneyers striking lunettes pennies for Archbishop Ceolnoth so was likely Canterbury based. The Mercian style obverse die would likely have been cut at one of the Mercian mint workshops at London. The reverse type D – crooks - as here is scarce for Alfred.'
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
BMC type xiv. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and +CNVT [REX A] legend. Rev: short voided cross with pellet-in-annulet to angles with +LEO[ ]VND legend for the moneyer Leofwine at London mint. 0.43 grams, 18 mm.
Very fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Very fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Obv: crowned bust with sceptre right, legend and beaded border surrounding, +STI[EFN]E. Rev: cross moline, lis in each angle, legend and beaded border surrounding, +F[ ]N. 0.30 grams total, 13 mm.
Very fine.
Found near Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.
Very fine.
Found near Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.
.jpg "Norman Coins - Stephen - York Mint - Flag Type AR Cut Farthing")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Local and irregular issues of the Civil War, Flag / Ornaments type of York. Obv: + stief-n-[e r], crowned and draped bust right, holding staff with flag or 'triple banner' in right hand, an unclear symbol in field to right of banner. Rev: cross moline in circle surrounded by some letters retrograde, decorative symbols within the legend at the four cardinal points, additionally an eight pointed star, York mint. 0.26 grams, 14 mm.
Good very fine/extremely fine.
Found near Louth, Lincolnshire, UK, 2024.
Good very fine/extremely fine.
Found near Louth, Lincolnshire, UK, 2024.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,430
BMC type ii. Obv: crowned bust facing with fillet each side and +PILLEM REX legend. Rev: pellet and crescent ended voided cross with annulet at centre and pile in angles with +ALDGAR ON LVN legend with initial cross offset to left for the moneyer Ealdgar at London mint. 1.23 grams, 19 mm.
Good very fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Good very fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
BMC type vii. Obv: profile bust right with sceptre with [+PILLELM] REX legend. Rev: cross with annulet centre and voided trefoils to angles, +BRI [ ]. 0.39 grams, 15 mm.
Very fine.
Found near Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.
Very fine.
Found near Coventry, Warwickshire, UK.
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