LOT 3741
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wulfhere AE Styca. 849/50-855. Eoferwic (York) mint; Wulfred, moneyer.
+ VLFHERE ABED (retrograde) around central cross pattée within pelleted annulet / + VVFERED around central pelleted cross. SCBC 871. Very Fine.(1.07gr, 13mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
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Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIb, type 27b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Crude diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets and pellets flanking; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around, three annulets below. EMC 2008.0149; Abramson 16.10 var. (four annulets around cross); SCBC 777. 1.16gr, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. Struck circa 810-821. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Large portrait type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
[✠ CO]ENVVLF REX m, diademed and draped bust to right / ✠ [SVVEF]HERD MONETΛ, cross fourchée with pellets in angles. Naismith C43e; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 571; North 353; SCBC 916. 0.99gr, 21mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped. Rare.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. Struck 849/50-circa 855. York mint; Eanwulf, moneyer. Phase II, group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ OƧBEREH⊥E around central cross pattée / + EANVVLF around central pellet. Pirie 3.42g var. (motifs); SCBC 869. 1.32gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
