LOT 2589
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa of Mercia - Canterbury / Eoba - Portrait AR Penny Circa 780-792 A.D.
Light coinage. Obv: draped and cuirassed Roman style bust right with +OFFA REX+ legend. Rev: pellet in annulet within lozenge in centre with EOBA around in angles, for Eoba at Canterbury mint. Very fine. Rare.(0.92 grams, 16 mm.).
ProvenanceFound near Lewis, East Sussex, UK, on 5 November 2023.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no 12031-213367.
See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference: EMC 2023.0461 (this coin).
LiteratureS. 905; N. 308; Chick 114;
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LOT 2589
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa of Mercia - Canterbury / Eoba - Portrait AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,861
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred II/Eanwulf - AE Styca 843/4-849/50 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Second Reign. Obv: small cross within circle in centre with +EDILRED REX legend. Rev: cross in centre with pellets at ends, with +ELVV VLF legend for the moneyer Eanwulf. 0.78 grams, 13 mm.
Good very fine.
Found near York, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred II/Monne - AE Styca 843/4-849/50 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Second Reign. Obv: pellet in centre with +EDELRED REX legend. Rev: small cross with +MONNE legend for the moneyer Monne. 0.84 grams, 13 mm.
Very fine.
Found near Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred II/Leofdegn - Special Motifs AE Styca 841-843/4 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
First Reign, with special motifs. Obv: cross of pellets within inner circle in centre with +EDELRED REX legend. Rev: small cross of wedges with pellet in centre, with LEOFDEGN legend for the moneyer Leofdegn. 0.93 grams, 13 mm.
Near extremely fine. Extremely rare variant.
Found near York, UK.
