LOT 2230
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Harold II - London / Wulfgar - PAX Penny 1066 A.D.
BMC type i. Obv: profile bust left with sceptre and +HAROLD REX ANGLOR: legend. Rev: PAX across centre between lines with +PVLGARONLVND legend starting at 10 o'clock for the moneyer Wulfgar at London mint. Very fine; small crack at edge. Very rare.(1.24 grams.).
ProvenanceFound near North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, UK, 2022.
Recorded with Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2022.0423.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman.
See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2022.0423 (this coin).
LiteratureS. 1186; N. 836.
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LOT 2230
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Harold II - London / Wulfgar - PAX Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V, Type 7 - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems. 0.90 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
Found Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Property of a UK gentleman. Accompanied by a coin ticket. -
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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series B1 Series BIIIA Type 27a - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Obv: profile bust without pellet trefoil before within beaded serpent border. Rev: linear bird on cross with annulet each side within beaded serpent border with 'VANTAVMA' legend around. 1.15 grams.
Extremely fine; almost 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.
