LOT 2207
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Obv: facing 'Wodan' head with long hair and beard; pellet-ended cross each side, within a pelleted border. Rev: dragon beast left with head looking back over shoulder to right, swallowing tail and with prominent pellet-tipped phallus, within a pelleted border. Extremely fine; near as struck.(1.09 grams.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
S. 797; N. 117; see Metcalf pp.275-293 & pl.16, no.275.
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LOT 2207
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf - East Anglia / Lul - Quatrefoil Penny Circa 798 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,106
Obv: profile bust right with +COENVVLF REX M legend starting at 10 o'clock and with Mercian 'M' at end. Rev: beaded cross within quadrilobe with + L V L in angles with pellet rosettes around. 1.29 grams.
Good very fine. Rare.
Found near Brookland, Kent, UK, 2022. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - London / Wulfstan - Long Cross Penny 997-1003 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
BMC type iva. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRÆDREXANGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross dividing +PVL FSTA NM-O LVND legend for the moneyer Wulfstan at London mint. 1.31 grams.
Good very fine.
Found near Hemingstone, Suffolk, UK. Property of a Kent collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series J, Type 85 - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: outline bird on cross with annulet each side. 0.91 grams.
Very fine; reverse better.
Found near York, UK.
