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Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
York mint; Fordred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX, central motif of pellet-in-annulet and four pellets / + FORDRED, central motif of five pellets. North 188; SCBC 865. 0.95gr, 13mm, 3h.
Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
Monne, moneyer; struck 810-830. ⧾ EANRED REX around central cross pattée / ⧾ MONNE around central motif. North 186; SCBC 862. 0.95gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
.jpg "Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Cynethryth (wife of Offa) AR Penny.")
Unique Variety Recorded on EMC
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,900
Canterbury mint; Eoba, moneyer. Light coinage, portrait type. Struck circa 784/5. ·: ·: Є:◊·BA, draped bust to right; to left, Latin cross / ✠ CfN·E∂Rf.ð REGIN around barred Mercian ᙏ in pelleted circle. SCBI 67 (BM), 654-8 (all monograms placed at 12h); North 339; SCBC 909. 1.08gr, 16mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Apparently unique variety with Mercian monogram placed at 9h.
Found Harston, Cambridgeshire, UK, in the 1990s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0425.
Good Fine. Apparently unique variety with Mercian monogram placed at 9h.
Found Harston, Cambridgeshire, UK, in the 1990s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0425.
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Very Rare Moneyer
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
London mint; Brunic moneyer. Quadrilateral on Cross Fleurée type (BMC xv). Illegible inscription, crowned bust facing slightly to left, holding sceptre / ✠ BRV[...]VND :, quadrilateral with incurved sides and fleurs at limbs; all over cross fleurée. North 871; SCBC 1276. 1.23gr, 18mm, 6h.
Fair. Very rare moneyer.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Fair. Very rare moneyer.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Unrecorded Obverse Legend
Sold for (Inc. bp): £910
Warwick mint; Eadræd, moneyer. Struck circa 1136-1145. Cross moline (Watford) type (BMC i). [...]TIEFRE R, crowned bust right, holding lis-tipped sceptre / ✠ E[...]ED : [O]N : [...]C :, cross moline. Cf. Mack 38a; EMC 2002.0143 = Coin Register 2002, 213 (this coin); North 873; SCBC 1278. 1,35gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 10h. Bold portrait. Rare.
Found near Barton Hill, Bedfordshire, circa 1995. Ex Spink 4018 (6 October 2004), lot 500. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2002.0143.
As noted in the Spink catalogue, “The obverse of this coin appears to be of local workmanship. The portrait is of an unusual, slightly derivative style, and the reading stief rex is not one of the eight variants of the king's title recorded by Mack (BNJ 1966, p.40). The reverse legend is possibly e[dre]d:on:[parpi]c, but remains uncertain.” In his study of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman mint at Warwick in BNJ 1965, N. J. Ebsworth only records two examples from this moneyer, neither of which exhibit these legends.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 10h. Bold portrait. Rare.
Found near Barton Hill, Bedfordshire, circa 1995. Ex Spink 4018 (6 October 2004), lot 500. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2002.0143.
As noted in the Spink catalogue, “The obverse of this coin appears to be of local workmanship. The portrait is of an unusual, slightly derivative style, and the reading stief rex is not one of the eight variants of the king's title recorded by Mack (BNJ 1966, p.40). The reverse legend is possibly e[dre]d:on:[parpi]c, but remains uncertain.” In his study of the Anglo-Saxon and Norman mint at Warwick in BNJ 1965, N. J. Ebsworth only records two examples from this moneyer, neither of which exhibit these legends.
Recorded on EMC
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
York mint. Local and irregular issues of the Civil War. 'Ornamental' Group, Flag type. ✠ STIEP-E-N, crowned and draped bust to right, holding staff with flag or 'triple banner' in right hand; star to right of banner / Legend with ornaments, cross moline, lis in quarters. North 919; SCBC 1313. 1.03gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Found near York, Yorkshire, UK, in the 1980s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0424.
From Martin Allen, The York Local Coinage of the Reign of Stephen (1135-54) in NC 2016, vol. 176, p.287-8: Mack adopted Packe's suggestion that the flag refers to the standard carried into battle at Northallerton in August 1138 by the army raised on Stephen's behalf by Archbishop Thurstan of York to fight David I of Scotland (1124-53), and that it was issued soon after the victorious conclusion of this Battle of the Standard, although Brooke had reserved judgement on this attribution. Boon offered an alternative interpretation of the Flag type, suggesting that it was probably based upon Stephen's seal (in use from 1139 to the end of the reign in 1154), which depicts a mounted figure of Stephen carrying a banner (gonfalon). The obverse (majesty side) seal has a star beside the king's head, and this is a motif also found on the Flag to the right of the flag. Seaby argued that the banner on York coins of the Flag Standard types is a papal gonfalon, of a kind sent by Pope Eugenius III (1145-53) to participants in the second Crusade of 1145-9, before the departure of the crusading armies and fleet in 1147. All of these interpretations of the Flag type are possible the York local coinage began in the mid-1140s, as Blackburn proposed.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Found near York, Yorkshire, UK, in the 1980s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0424.
From Martin Allen, The York Local Coinage of the Reign of Stephen (1135-54) in NC 2016, vol. 176, p.287-8: Mack adopted Packe's suggestion that the flag refers to the standard carried into battle at Northallerton in August 1138 by the army raised on Stephen's behalf by Archbishop Thurstan of York to fight David I of Scotland (1124-53), and that it was issued soon after the victorious conclusion of this Battle of the Standard, although Brooke had reserved judgement on this attribution. Boon offered an alternative interpretation of the Flag type, suggesting that it was probably based upon Stephen's seal (in use from 1139 to the end of the reign in 1154), which depicts a mounted figure of Stephen carrying a banner (gonfalon). The obverse (majesty side) seal has a star beside the king's head, and this is a motif also found on the Flag to the right of the flag. Seaby argued that the banner on York coins of the Flag Standard types is a papal gonfalon, of a kind sent by Pope Eugenius III (1145-53) to participants in the second Crusade of 1145-9, before the departure of the crusading armies and fleet in 1147. All of these interpretations of the Flag type are possible the York local coinage began in the mid-1140s, as Blackburn proposed.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint and moneyer. Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage. Crowned facing bust, holding sceptre / Cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. Cf. SCBC 1337-1342 (for type). 0.56gr, 20mm.
Fair.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Fair.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Fulke, Moneyer
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
London mint; Fulke, moneyer. Short cross type, class Vb2. Struck in the name of Henry II, 1205-1207. ҺЄNRICVS R-ЄX, facing crowned bust holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ FVLKE ON LVNDЄ, voided short cross with small crosses in angles. North 970; SCBC 1351. 1.33gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
London mint; Ricard, moneyer. Struck in the name and types of Henry II. Short cross type. hЄNRICVS RЄX, crowned head facing, holding sceptre / ✠ RICΛRD • ON • LVN, short voided cross; quatrefoils in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1348. 1.41gr, 19mm, 4h.
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. Post-Provincial Phase III, struck 1250-1272. ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX III, facing crowned head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ (ЄN and ND ligate), long voided cross, three pellets in each angle. North 991/2; SCBC 1367A. 1.43gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire/County Durham, UK.
Canterbury mint; Willem, moneyer. Long Cross coinage. Struck 1250-1272. ҺЄNRICVS RЄ[...] (NR ligate), facing crowned head holding cross-tipped sceptre to left / [W]IL-LЄM ON C-[...] (ЄM ligate), long voided cross, with central pellet; triple pellets in quarters. Cf. North 991; cf. SCBC 1367A. 1.29gr, 17mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Canterbury mint; i.m: 3. Roger, moneyer. Long Cross type, class 3a. Struck circa 1248-1250. (Six-rayed star) ҺЄNRICVS RЄX III', crowned bust facing / ROG-ER(ligate) O-N C-[...], voided long cross with triple pellets in angles. Cf. SCBC 1362. 1.45gr, 17mm, 8h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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