LOT 2193
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Post Crondall - Two Emperors Gold Shilling (Thrymsa) 655-675 A.D.
Obv: helmeted bust right with letters and symbols behind, within a beaded border. Rev: bust of winged angel facing with two pellets to the right and a single pellet to the left above two facing heads with annulet-in-crescents below in centre and additional annulet under the right bust. Near extremely fine; good butter-yellow gold. Very rare; most examples are in public collections.(1.26 grams.).
ProvenanceEx late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569.
Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.
This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11725-197242.
S. 767 variant; N. 14; M. 79-80; see Abramson 840 for very similar example; see SCBI 69 (Abramson) 11-12 for type.
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LOT 2193
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Post Crondall - Two Emperors Gold Shilling (Thrymsa)
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series S, Type 47 - Centaur AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Obv: female centaur left with palm frond each side. Rev: whorl of four wolf heads with beaded tongues meeting at centre. 0.83 grams.
Very fine.
Found Chelmsford, Essex, UK, recorded with UKDFD, reference 39735. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series BIIIA, Type 27a - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: diademed profile bust right within serpent circle. Rev: bird on cross with annulet each side with blundered lettering around. 1.18 grams.
Very fine.
Found UK. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - London / Wulfstan - Long Cross Penny 997-1003 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
BMC type iva. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRÆDREXANGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross dividing +PVL FSTA NM-O LVND legend for the moneyer Wulfstan at London mint. 1.31 grams.
Good very fine.
Found near Hemingstone, Suffolk, UK. Property of a Kent collector.
