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 - Cnut - London / Wulfric - Pointed Helmet AR Penny 1024-1030 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
BMC type xiv. Obv: profile bust with pointed helmet and sceptre with CNVT RECX legend. Rev: short voided cross with pellet in annulets at centre with pellet in crescent to angles and +PVLRICONLVNDE legend for the moneyer Wulfric at London mint. 0.92 grams.
Good very fine; Viking 'peck marks' to cheek and reverse.
Ex A J Shawcroft and J Simpson collections. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by two named coin tickets. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Eadberht - Beast AR Sceatta 737-758 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Class D. Obv: small cross with EOTBEREHTVΓ· legend. Rev: stylised beast (lion/stag?) left with cross under tail and triquetra below. 0.99 grams.
Good very fine. Scarce.
Found Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series A Type 2a - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Estimate: £350 - 450 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Obv: profile radiate bust right with TIC before and row of four pellets behind. Rev: TOTII standard with rounded horns with trefoil of pellets in centre and reversed IPTTA legend, within a beaded border. 1.15 grams.
Extremely fine; 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.
