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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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas Fourrée Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Series QIA, var. 1. Two figures standing facing, holding long cross in outer hands / Quadruped crouching to left, head to right, tail raised, claws below; pellets in fields. For prototype cf. Abramson 63.10; SCBC 808. 0.73gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near 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. First reign, 841-843/4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
York mint; Eanred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX around central cross pattée / (Cross patonce) AͶRED around central cross pattée with pellets in angles. Pirie 1383; North 188; SCBC 865. 0.83gr, 11mm, 6h.
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, 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.
