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 - Aethelred II - York(?) / Uncertain Moneyer - Helmet AR Cut Halfpenny 1003-1009 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BMC type viii. Obv: helmeted profile bust with +Æ[ÐELRÆD REX A]NGL legend. Rev: long voided cross over incurved square with trefoils at points dividing [ ] / TAN / MOE[ ] possibly for the moneyer Aelfstan or Leofstan at York mint. 0.72 grams.
Very fine; cracked across centre.
Ex Alfa Numismatics, Auction 9, lot 21 (with lot printout and ticket). Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
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.
