LOT 2226
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - London / Aethelweald - Light Coinage AR Penny 780-792 A.D.
Blunt type 55. Obv: OFFA / REX above and below central dividing line with fleur ends and pellets. Rev: EDEL / VALD above and below central dividing line with fleur ends and pellets for the moneyer Aethelweald at London mint. Very fine. Very rare.(1.09 grams.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Colchester, UK, collector.
LiteratureS. 904; N. 287; Chick 11a-d (different dies).
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LOT 2226
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - London / Aethelweald - Light Coinage AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Saroaldo AR Sceatta SCBI Plate Coin 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Obv: profile bust right with saltire cross before. Rev: standard with tufa left side and FIT / RV in two lines within with SAROALDO around. 1.00 grams.
Very fine. Rare with FIT/RV within standard
Ex Abramson collection, acquired AMR Coins, 2011. Found UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred I / Hnifvla - Regal Issue AR Sceatta 789-796 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Second reign, phase I. Obv: small cross centre with +EDILRED legend, within a beaded border. Rev: pellet in rosette of pellets in centre with +HNIFVLA legend for the moneyer Hnifvla, within a beaded border. 0.92 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 - Secondary Phase - Series J Type 37 - Double Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
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.
