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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £720
✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle. North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. 1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.
Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Burgred AR Penny. 868-874. London, mint. Coenræd(?), moneyer. Lunettes Type A (BMC a).
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
BVRG[...], diademed bust to right / [...]RED [MO]N-[ET]A in three lines. North 423; SCBC 938. 0.50gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Cut.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 885-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Wineger, moneyer.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ SC [...] R, large A / [...]NIER [...], short cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 960. 0.64gr, 14mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 895-918. Mint in East Anglia.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ SC EADMIIDPE (retrograde), large A between pellets / ✠ [?] OIYIICNIYION (retrograde), cross pattée. SCBC 960. 1.36gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 895-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ [...]VCAI, large A / ✠[...]ACVI, small cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 961. 0.85gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder AR Penny. Late period, phase I, circa 915-920. London mint; Beahstan, moneyer. Small cross/two-line (HCT 1) type.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ EADVVEARD REX, small cross / BEAHS-TAN MO in two lines, ✠ above, three pellets below, ✠✠✠ between. CTCE 85; SCBI 26, 134; BMC 17; North 649; SCBC 1087. 1.47gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 991-997. Canterbury mint. Lifinc, moneyer. CRUX type (BMC type IIIa).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOR, bust to left with sceptre / Short voided cross with C R V X in angles and + LIFINC M O CÆNT around. SCBC 1148; North 770. 1.45gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine. Few Viking peck marks to both sides.
Ex Baldwin's with reference no.C201015484 and B M Coins. Property of a UK collector. Accompanied by a Baldwin's coin ticket. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint; Osmund, moneyer.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ ÆÐELR[...], draped bust to left / ✠ OS-MVN-[...], voided long cross. North 774; SCBC 1151. 0.65gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed and draped bust to left / Small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.08gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1024-1030. Stamford mint; Osweard, moneyer. Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G).
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
✠ CNVT RECX A :, bust to left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped sceptre before / ✠ OSPERD ON • NSTAN, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in centre; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. North 787; SCBC 1158. 0.90gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently the only variant with this reverse legend arrangement.
Found UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. Exeter mint; Aelfwine(?), moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ CNV[T R]ECX, diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ÆL[...]CXE •, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. North 790; SCBC 1159. 0.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. London mint; Eadric, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
HA-R•O•LD REX, diademed bust to left / ✠ ENRIC ON LVNDEN, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. Cf. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 408-10; North 802; SCBC 1163. 1.12gr, 18mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
