LOT 3276
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
York mint; Aethelweard, moneyer. + VIGMVND IREP, small cross pattée / + EDILVEARD (retrograde), small cross pattée. Pirie 696; North 196; SCBC 870. Very Fine.(0.96gr, 13mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Styca. 737-758.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
York mint. ΓVTEREBT◊E (retrograde) around central small cross / Heraldic quadruped standing to right, raising foreleg; small cross beneath tail, [triquetra?] below. North 177; SCBC 847; cf. EMC 2010.0031. 0.87gr, 13mm, 6h.
Fine. Rare with king's name retrograde.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. 1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.
Found near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
York mint. Copying an issue for Aethelred II. + EDILRED (retrograde) small cross within dotted circle / Blundered legend around stellate pattern. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 0.61gr, 12mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
