LOT 3816
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Edilueard, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
✠ VIGͶVͶD ΛPEP around central cross / ✠ EDILVEΛPD around central cross. North 196; SCBC 870. Near Very Fine.(0.72gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Denmark. Godfred AR Penny. Circa 825-860 AD. Ribe mint. Head and Deer Type. Imitating a Wodan/Monster Sceatta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Bearded bust facing with crosses on cheeks, surrounded by four faces and symbols / Stylised deer with hatched body to right, head facing back to the left; below, symbols. KG 5. 0.90gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. Circa 780-792/3. London mint; Ceolheard, moneyer.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type. + OFFA REX +, draped and cuirassed bust to right; all within inner and outer beaded circles / + CI◊L HAR∂ around coiled serpent-like creature within beaded inner and outer circles. Chick type 18; SCBI 67 (BM) 56-7; North 317; SCBC 905; cf. CNG 5628037 (hammer USD 27,500). 1.17gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only other three complete examples recorded by the EMC.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson on 3rd April 2024; Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0140. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1017. London mint; Aedwald, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGL•OR, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ EADPOLD MON LVND, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.33gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
