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 - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
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 - Primary Phase - Series C - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Obv: radiate bust right, runic FMCF. Rev: variety C1, standard, TOTII; variety C2, four crosses abutting around the central standard. 1.17 grams.
Extremely fine condition; 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. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Merovingian - National Phase - Tasnacum Gold Tremissis 7th century A.D.
Estimate: £1,200 - 1,700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
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Extremely fine. Very rare.
Property of a Colchester, UK, collector.
