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Alexius III Angelus-Comnenus BI Trachy. Struck AD 1195-1197. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IC XC to left and right of nimbate bust of Christ facing, beardless, five dots in each limb of nimbus cross, right hand raised in benediction, holding scroll in left / [...], Alexius, crowned, and St Constantine, nimbate, each wearing divitision and loros, both standing facing, each holding labarum and the two holding globus cruciger between them. DOC 3a; SB 2012. 4.79gr, 31mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Tom Cederlind, Portland, OR, USA. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Vandals, Municipal Coinage AE 4 Nummi. Circa AD 480-533. Carthage mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Diademed, draped and cuirassed imperial bust to left; holding palm branch / N over IIII. MEC 51-6; MIB 20 (Hilderic); BMC Vandals p. 7, 12-14 (Huneric); Ladich p. 40, 5. 1.56gr, 11mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Kings of Characene, Maga (?), son of Attambelos (?) AE Tetradrachm. Circa AD 195-215. Charax-Spasinu mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust to right, wearing tiara; before, legend in Aramaic / Bearded head to right; around, legend in Aramaic. Cf. Klose & Müseler 7/15; Alram 510; BMC p. 305, 1-43. 12.26gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Merovingians. Paris (region), Bishop Ragnecapdus or Ratbertus AR Denier. Circa 670-750. Paris mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Diademed bust to right / Design deriving from prototype of Latin cross with inverted omega above and pendentives hanging from either end of crossbar; pellets in either void of omega, reversed R and pellet under arcs; [cross above], three(?) annulets around. Unpublished in the most references. 0.88gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly rare. Apparently unpublished.
Found White Waltham, Windsor and Maidenhead, UK, on Sunday 1st September 2019. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.BERK-3BFF5F.
Georges Depeyrot attributes these coins to Bishop Ragnecapdus because of the presence of an R on the shaft of the cross, but they could just as easily belong to Bishop Ratbertus, as the motif on the reverse side is similar to those he attributes to Merfridus, who is chronologically closer to Ratbertus. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right / Beaded standard with central pellet-in-annulet and four lines; pseudo-legend or symbols around. Cf. North 48; cf. SCBC 790. 1.09gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Somerset, UK, private collector. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edgar AR Penny. 959-975. Mint in East Anglia. Saydtinc, moneyer. Pre-Reform Coinage. Bust Crowned (BMC v) type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
✠ EΛD[G]ΛR REX, crowned and draped bust to right, breaking inner circle / ✠ SΛVD[T]INC MONYN[I?] ✠, short cross pattée. North 750; SCBC 1138; EMC 2025.0338 (this coin). 1.20gr, 20mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare; only 3 examples on EMC and none on CoinArchives.
Found Fressingfield 26 September 2025. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2025.0338. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Viking Imitation Penny. Circa 997-1003 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
London mint; Svarte moneyer. Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). ✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX, draped bust to left; pellet behind neck / ✠ SVARTR O LDI, voided long cross, with pellet at centre and triple-crescent ends, and a pellet in each quarter. Cf. variant of: North 774; SCBC 1151. 1.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Lustrous metal, hairline crack, Viking peck marks to the reverse. Extremely Rare.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Lincoln mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
✠ EDELRED REX ANGL, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LEOFPINE M-O LINC (NC ligate), small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge crack at 2h.
From a 1980s English collection. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Cut Halfpenny. c.1029-1035/6. Stamford mint. Short Cross Type (B.M.C. xvi).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
✠ CNVT RECX with profile bust left with sceptre. / ✠ LEF[ ] AN, possibly Leofwine at Stamford mint, short voided cross and annulet in each quarter. Cf. SCBC 1159. 0.42gr, 18mm, 3h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1053-1056. Uncertain mint; Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
[✠ ED]PER [D REX], helmeted and draped bust to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre / ✠ PVLS(?)[...], voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet centre and triple crescent ends; annulet in first quarter. North 825; SCBC 1179. 0.89gr, 19mm.
Very Fine. Heavily chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Norman. Stephen AR Cut Farthing. c.1136-1145. Bury St Edmunds. Watford type (BMC i).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Crowned bust facing slightly to left, holding sceptre / [+GIL ]EBER[T...], cross moline, fleur in quarters (Gilebert is the only moneyer with EBER in his name, and he worked at Bury St Edmunds). Cf. SCBC 1278. 0.33gr, 14mm.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
England. Plantagenet, Henry II AR Penny. c.1167-c.1170. Thetford mint. Cross-and-crosslets ('Tealby') coinage; class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
[✠HENRI REX ANGLI], crowned facing bust, holding sceptre. / [✠TURST]AIN : ON [TEF], cross pattée, with crosslet in angles. Cf. SCBC 1340. 1.39gr, 24mm, 0h.
Good Fine. Old cabinet tone.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.