LOT 2562
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - York / Othbern - Facing Bust Penny 1062-1065 A.D.
BMC type xiii. Obv: facing bust with EADPARD REXANG legend. Rev: small cross with annulet in first quarter and +OÐRENONEOFR[ ] legend for the moneyer Othbern at York mint. Very fine; dark tone, chipped and repaired.(0.91 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Nantwich Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
S. 1183; N. 830.
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LOT 2562
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - York / Othbern - Facing Bust Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below, within a beaded border. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems, within a beaded border. 0.91 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
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 - 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 - Stepped Cross Type 53 - Porcupine AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' profile bust right. Rev: stepped cross with pellet in angles and pellet-in-annulet at centre. 1.16 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.
