LOT 2559
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny 997-1003 A.D.
BMC type IVa. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross with each limb terminating in three crescents dividing +BYR HSIG EMΩO PINT legend for the moneyer Brihtsige at Winchester mint. Very fine; slightly double struck.(1.75 grams.).
ProvenanceEx Alfa Numismatics, Auction 11, lot 47.
LiteratureS. 1151; N. 774; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1365; SCBI 42 (South-Eastern Museums), 946.
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LOT 2559
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred I - Inscription AR Sceatta 790-796 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Second reign. Obv: pellet in pelletted annulet with +AEDILRED legend. Rev: pellet in pelletted annulet with +CEOLBALD legend for the moneyer Ceolbald. 1.16 grams.
Very fine. Scarce.
Property of a Leeds collector, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series C - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Obv: radiate bust right, runic FMCF. Rev: variety C1, standard, TOTII; variety C2, four crosses abutting around the central standard. 1.17 grams.
Extremely fine condition; as struck.
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK. Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part). Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series C, Type 2 - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Obv: radiate bust right with Runic Tepa before, two pellet-in-annulets below. Rev: votive TOTII standard with cross at sides and T at corners. 1.02 grams.
Near very fine.
Acquired Tim Owen, March 1994. Ex Tony Abramson collection. Published SCBI 69, no.82. Spink sale 21060, lot 605. Property of a UK gentleman. Accompanied by two coin tickets. Acquired Timeline Auctions. Property of a Kent gentleman.
