LOT 2558
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred I - Inscription AR Sceatta 790-796 A.D.
Second reign. Obv: pellet in pelletted annulet with +AEDILRED legend. Rev: pellet in pelletted annulet with +CEOLBALD legend for the moneyer Ceolbald. Very fine. Scarce.(1.16 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Leeds collector, UK.
LiteratureS. 856; N. 185; SCBI 69 (Abramson) 880 (different dies).
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LOT 2558
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred I - Inscription AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £105
Obv: diademed bust right holding in front a short cross, within a pelleted border. Rev: standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within a beaded square. 0.98 grams.
Extremely fine.
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 - Secondary Phase - Series J Type 37 - Double Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Obv: two diademed heads face-to-face, long cross in centre with tripod base, within pelleted border. Rev: four birds clockwise around small cross, within a border of two pelleted circles. 1.13 grams.
Near extremely fine.
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, Type 2 - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Obv: radiate bust right with Runic Tepa before, two pellet-in-annulets below. Rev: votive TOTII standard with cross at sides and T at corners. 1.02 grams.
Near very fine.
Acquired Tim Owen, March 1994. Ex Tony Abramson collection. Published SCBI 69, no.82. Spink sale 21060, lot 605. Property of a UK gentleman. Accompanied by two coin tickets. Acquired Timeline Auctions. Property of a Kent gentleman.
