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LOT 2590
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishop Plegmund - Canterbury / Elfstan - Two Line AR Penny 890-895 A.D.
Class 1. Obv: small cross with +PLEGMVND ARCHIEP legend. Rev: pellet trefoil above and below ELFS / TAN in two lines with three crosses between for the moneyer Elfstan. Good very fine. Very rare.(1.43 grams, 20 mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the Horton collection, UK.
Accompanied by two previous dealer's coin tickets.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no 12029-214259.
S. 900; N. 256.
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LOT 2590
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishop Plegmund - Canterbury / Elfstan - Two Line AR Penny
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred II/Monne - AE Styca 843/4-849/50 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Second Reign. Obv: small cross of pellets with +EDILRED legend. Rev: small cross with +MONNE legend for the moneyer Monne. 0.92 grams, 12 mm.
Good very fine.
Found near Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series BI - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta Circa 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Obv: diademed bust right with blundered legend. Rev: bird on cross between annulets within serpent circle with blundered legend. 1.21 grams, 12.33 mm.
Good very fine.
Found UK. Property of a Shropshire private collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series R1 - EPA Runic AR Sceatta Circa 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: profile bust right with runic EPA before. Rev: standard with TOTII inside and + V + V at sides. 1.01 grams, 12.62 mm.
Very fine.
Found in Berkshire in the 1900s. See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2020.0239 (this coin).
