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LOT 2516
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Cnut - London / Leofwine - Pointed Helmet Type AR Cut Halfpenny 1024-1030 A.D.
BMC type xiv. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and +CNVT [REX A] legend. Rev: short voided cross with pellet-in-annulet to angles with +LEO[ ]VND legend for the moneyer Leofwine at London mint. Very fine.(0.43 grams, 18 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
LiteratureS.1158, N.787.
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LOT 2516
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Cnut - London / Leofwine - Pointed Helmet Type AR Cut Halfpenny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - AR Pelleted Helmet Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmeted bust right with blundered legend with lozenge O's. Rev: small cross-on-steps in centre with annulets and TTII around blundered arrangement of letters with lozenge O. 1.08 grams, 11.67 mm.
Good very fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Phase, AR Sceatta AD 680-710.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Series BIIIA. Profile bust right with double ring of pellets (in place of blundered legend) / Flying bird with three pellets in front, over cross with annulet each side and pellet in lower angles, with blundered legend. Abr. 16.70-80, N 126 variant, see M. pp.158-65, SCBC 777A. 1.01 grams, 12.18 mm, 10h
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X 'Woden' Head - AR Sceatta Circa 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Obv: facing Woden head. Rev: crested beast right, head turned back. 1.01 grams, 11 mm.
Good fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
This specimen, from is crude design and debased silver, its likely to be a British copy of the well-known Wodan type.
