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Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Struck 1009-1017. [...]ÆD REX ANG[...], diademed and draped bust to left / [...]ÐESTAN O[...], small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 0.86gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Arngrimr, Moneyer for York Mint
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
York mint; Arngrimr, moneyer. Small Flan type (BMC ii, Hild. B). Struck circa 1048-1050. ✠ EDPE-RD RE, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ ARNGRI ON EOFR (NG and N E ligate), voided short cross; annulet in second quarter. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 855 var. (ON EO); North 818; SCBC 1175. 0.90gr, 14mm, 4h.
Fine.
Found by Robin Sykes in Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000. Recorded with Craig Barclay at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by a Metal Detecting Finds, Coin Record Sheet
Fine.
Found by Robin Sykes in Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000. Recorded with Craig Barclay at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by a Metal Detecting Finds, Coin Record Sheet
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
York mint. Outhgrim, moneyer. Two Sceptres type (BMC iv). Struck circa 1072-1074. Local dies. ✠ [...]X ANGL, crowned facing bust; cross-tipped sceptre to left, trefoil-tipped sceptre to right / [...]RIM ON EO[...], cross fleurée, with annulet at centre; all over cross botonnée in saltire. North 844; SCBC 1253. 0.59gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Somersham, Suffolk, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0113.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Somersham, Suffolk, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0113.
New Moneyer at Chester for William II
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Chester mint. Ælfric, moneyer. Cross in Quatrefoil type (BMC II). ✠ PILLELM REX, crowned facing bust, holding sword / ✠ IELFRIC ON LECST, cross pattée within quatrefoil with pellets in angles. North 852; SCBC 1259. 1.12gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Fine. Wavy flan. Exceedingly rare and apparently unique with this moneyer at Chester.
Found All Cannings, near Devizes, East Wiltshire, UK, on 5 May 2024.. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0294.
Good Fine. Wavy flan. Exceedingly rare and apparently unique with this moneyer at Chester.
Found All Cannings, near Devizes, East Wiltshire, UK, on 5 May 2024.. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0294.
Of the Highest Rarity
Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,500
Chester mint; Cristret moneyer. Facing Bust/Cross Fleury type (BMX x). Struck 1124-1125. ✠ [ҺE]NRICVS REX A, crowned and diademed facing bust / ✠ CRISTRET • ON • LE, cross fleurée, with annulet at centre. North 866; SCBC 1271. 1.33gr, 18mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine. Test cut at 7h. Extremely rare mint and moneyer; only one other example for this moneyer in Henry Type 10 on EMC/SCBI.
Found near Halstead, Essex, on 15 August 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-95C84F. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge with reference no.EMC 2024.0276.
The mint name appears on the reverse as 'LE', which is the abbreviation of the Anglo-Saxon name of Chester, Legaceaster.
Near Very Fine. Test cut at 7h. Extremely rare mint and moneyer; only one other example for this moneyer in Henry Type 10 on EMC/SCBI.
Found near Halstead, Essex, on 15 August 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-95C84F. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam Museum at Cambridge with reference no.EMC 2024.0276.
The mint name appears on the reverse as 'LE', which is the abbreviation of the Anglo-Saxon name of Chester, Legaceaster.
Uncertain mint and moneyer. Local and irregular issues of the civil war. Possibly Southern Variant. [...]STЄF[...], crowned and diademed bust to right, sceptre before / Cross moline with fleur in each angle. Cf. SCBC 1295. 0.37gr, 15mm.
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.
Uncertain mint; Willem(?), moneyer. Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage. Class D; struck 1167-1170. [ҺЄ]NRI RX, crowned facing bust, holding cross-tipped sceptre / [...]LM : O[...], cross potent with crosslet in angles. North 958; SCBC 1340. 1.37gr, 19mm.
Fine. Wavy flan.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, on 17th May 2005. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a handwritten identification card by Jim Halliday.
Fine. Wavy flan.
Found Huby, Yorkshire, UK, on 17th May 2005. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. Accompanied by a handwritten identification card by Jim Halliday.
London mint; Henri, moneyer. Long Cross coinage, class 5a2. Struck 1250-1272. Post-provincial phase III. ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX (X with one curved limb) III', crowned facing head holding lis-tipped sceptre to left / ҺЄN-RI O-N LV-NDЄ (ЄN and ND ligate), long voided cross, quatrefoils in each angle. Churchill/Thomas Class 5a3; North 991/3b; SCBC 1367A. 1.36gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
Willem in Canterbury
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Canterbury mint; Willem, moneyer. Voided Long Cross coinage, class 5b. Struck 1250-1256. ҺЄNRICVS (NR ligate) RЄX III, crowned facing bust, holding lis-tipped sceptre / WIL-LЄM ON C-ANT (ЄM, ON, AN ligate), voided long cross, with central pellet; triple pellets in quarters. North 993; SCBC 1369. 1.35gr, 18mm, 5h.
Fine.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-A376C6.
Fine.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-A376C6.
London mint; i.m: 3. Nicole, moneyer. Struck 1248-1250. Long cross type, class 2b. (Mullet) ҺЄNRICVS RЄX TЄRCI' (NR and ЄR ligate), crowned facing head / HIC-OLЄ OH L-VHD, voided long cross, with pellet at centre and three pellets in angles. North 985/2; SCBC 1361A. 1.29gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Brussels hoard.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Brussels hoard.
London (Tower) mint. Struck circa 1280-1281. New coinage, class 3g(?). ✠ ЄDWR' ANGL' DNS ҺУB, crowned facing bust / CIVI-TAS LON-DON, long cross pattée; trefoil of pellets in quarters. Cf. SCBC 1433. 0.58gr, 14mm.
Good Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
Good Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
London (Tower) mint. New coinage, class 3de. Struck 1280. ✠ Є R AN-GLIЄ, crowned facing bust / LON-DON-IЄN-SIS, long cross pattée, three pellets in angles. Withers Type 10; North 1053/2; SCBC 1445A. 0.32gr, 11mm, 10h.
Fine.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-E0db05.
Fine.
Found Braintree, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-E0db05.
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