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 J, Type 85 - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: outline bird on cross with annulet each side. 0.91 grams.
Very fine; reverse better.
Found near York, UK. -
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 - Eanred / Hvaetred - Regal Issue AR Sceatta 810-841 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Obv: small cross in centre with +EANRED REX legend, within a beaded border. Rev: small cross in centre with +HVAETRED legend around for the moneyer Hwaetred, within a beaded border. 1.15 grams.
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.
