LOT 2557
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Eadberht - Beast AR Sceatta 737-758 A.D.
Class D. Obv: small cross with EOTBEREHTVΓ· legend. Rev: stylised beast (lion/stag?) left with cross under tail and triquetra below. Good very fine. Scarce.(0.99 grams.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
LiteratureS. 847; N. 178; SCBI 69 (Abramson) 841-843 (different dies).
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LOT 2557
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Eadberht - Beast AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
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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 - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny 997-1003 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
BMC type IVa. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross with each limb terminating in three crescents dividing +BYR HSIG EMΩO PINT legend for the moneyer Brihtsige at Winchester mint. 1.75 grams.
Very fine; slightly double struck.
Ex Alfa Numismatics, Auction 11, lot 47. -
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.
