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/Eanred - AE Styca 841-843/4 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
First Reign. Obv: pellet in annulet in centre with +EDILRED REX legend. Rev: small cross with pellets in angles, with +E(4 pellets)A(trefoil of pellets)NRED[E?] legend for the moneyer Eanred. 1.13 grams, 12 mm.
Good very fine.
Found near York, UK. -
Viking Age Denmark - Godfred - Head and Deer Type AR Viking Penny Circa 800-825 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £4,940
Obv: bearded bust facing with crosses on cheeks, surrounded by symbols. Rev: stylised deer with hatched body right, head facing back to the left. 0.91 grams, 20 mm.
Good very fine. Extremely rare.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no 12028-212343. -
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.
