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 - 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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 33 - Wolf's Head AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £33
Obv: diademed profile bust right with cross before. Rev: wolf's head with long tongue. 1.00 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Cnut - London / Wulfric - Pointed Helmet AR Penny 1024-1030 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
BMC type xiv. Obv: profile bust with pointed helmet and sceptre with CNVT RECX legend. Rev: short voided cross with pellet in annulets at centre with pellet in crescent to angles and +PVLRICONLVNDE legend for the moneyer Wulfric at London mint. 0.92 grams.
Good very fine; Viking 'peck marks' to cheek and reverse.
Ex A J Shawcroft and J Simpson collections. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by two named coin tickets.
