LOT 3277
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
York mint; Hunlaf, moneyer. + VIGMVND IR•(?) (retrograde) around central cross / + HVNLAF• (retrograde) around central pellet in circle of pellets. Cf. Pirie 919; cf. SCBI 69, 1057-9; SCBC 870. Near Fine.(0.90gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3277
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
York mint. Ragnald / Reinald, moneyer. Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). ✠ EÐELSTΛͶ REx TO BRIΓ, small cross pattée; crescent and seven pellets in field / ✠ REGN•Λ•⊥•D•M• -o EFoRPIC, small cross pattée. North 672; SCBC 1093. 1.29gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.
Found near Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0078.
The title on the obverse REX TO BRIT is an abbreviation of REX TOTIUS BRITANNIAEl, which means 'King of All Britain'. Aethelstan assumed this title after the incorporation of the Kingdom of York into his southern English kingdom and the submission of all the rulers in Britain to his overlordship. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
York mint; Aethelweard, moneyer. + VIGMVND IREP, small cross pattée / + EDILVEARD (retrograde), small cross pattée. Pirie 696; North 196; SCBC 870. 0.96gr, 13mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
York mint; Monne, moneyer. + EDELR[ED R]EX around central small cross / + MONNE around central pellet. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 986; cf. Pirie 275; North 188; SCBC 865 and 868. 0.73gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
