LOT 2204
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Saroaldo AR Sceatta SCBI Plate Coin 680-710 A.D.
Obv: profile bust right with saltire cross before. Rev: standard with tufa left side and FIT / RV in two lines within with SAROALDO around. Very fine. Rare with FIT/RV within standard(1.00 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceEx Abramson collection, acquired AMR Coins, 2011.
Found UK.
SCBI 69 Abramson) 138 (this coin).
LiteratureS.784; SCBI 69 (Abramson) 137-138.
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LOT 2204
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Saroaldo AR Sceatta SCBI Plate Coin
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa - London / Aethelweald - Light Coinage AR Penny 780-792 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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. 1.09 grams.
Very fine. Very rare.
Property of a Colchester, UK, collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series B1 Series BIIIA Type 27a - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Obv: profile bust without pellet trefoil before within beaded serpent border. Rev: linear bird on cross with annulet each side within beaded serpent border with 'VANTAVMA' legend around. 1.15 grams.
Extremely fine; almost as struck.
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 V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below, within a beaded border. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems, within a beaded border. 0.91 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
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.
