Ancient Art, Antiquities, Books, Natural History, Stamps & Coins
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Byzantine AE Follis. 6th-7th century AD.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Standing figure / Large M, date across fields. 5.18gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Overstruck.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Two [2] Byzantine AE Coins. Circa 10th-11th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 15.64gr total, 25-30mm.
As Shown.
From a German private collection, formed since the 1980s. -
Merovingians, Uncertain Early Continental AV Tremissis. Circa 600-675. Uncertain mint and moneyer. National series.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
(Cross-crosslet) OXVTCD (retrograde), diademed and draped bust to right / VVOD[...]X, cross pattée with pellets in fields within pelleted border. Unpublished in the major references, including MEC, Belfort and Prou, but recorded by EMC 2026.0314. 1.29gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An unpublished Tremissis with a unique style.
Found near Normanton, Nottinghamshire, UK, 2nd October 2026. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2026.0314. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa AD 680-710. Mint in East Anglia (Central Norfolk). Series BIIIA.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed bust to right within ouroboros / Bird standing to right upon cross; annulets flanking; three pellets to upper right; all within ouroboros; legend around. North 127; SCBC 777A. 1.17gr, 13mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Primary series C.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Radiate bust to right, linear and beaded exergual lines, legend in runes before / Beaded standard containing 'ttii' arranged around central annulet; crosses at sides, Ts at corners. Cf. North 161; SCBC 779. 1.14gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas BI Sceat. Circa 730-750. Mint in East Anglia (South Suffolk). Wigraed. Series R10.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Radiate bust of crude style to right, annulet to either side of head, runic ᚹᛁᚷᛖᛞ (abbreviated WIGRD) before, annulet flanking Λ behind / Beaded standard containing TOTII legend, cross pommée on each side, diagonals at angles. North 165; SCBC 813A; EMC 2026.0173 (this coin). 0.83gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Found June 2026 close to West Stow, Suffolk, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no.EMC 2026.0173. Recorded by British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-CEEA93. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
'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. 1.14gr, 11mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), St Edmund AR Penny. 885-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Gulcreo, moneyer. St. Edmund memorial coinage.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ S C EADN' (horizontal S), large A / ✠ CVLCREO', small cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 960. 1.46gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Aelfred, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
+ ÆÐELRED REX : ANGLO, diademed and draped bust to left / + ⱯVLFRED ON LVDEN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.66gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Leofwold, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ EDELRED REX ANG, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LIOFPOLD N-O LVN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 0.86gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks on both sides.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. York mint; Godman, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis (BMC v, Hild. Ba).
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
✠ HΛRO-LD REX :, diademed bust to left; holding long fleur-de-lis sceptre in his right hand and shield in his left / ✠ GO-DMΛ-N O:-N EO, voided long cross; pellet in circle in centre, fleur-de-lis (composed of trefoils) in angles. North 803; SCBC 1164; EMC -. 0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished combination of mint and moneyer.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. York mint; Styrkollr, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
✠ HARO:-LD REX., diademed bust to left / ✠ STIRCOL ON EOFRPIC :, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. North 802; SCBC 1163. 1.08gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
