LOT 2568
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series BII - Bird on Cross - AR Sceatta Circa 680-710 A.D.
Obv: profile bust right within serpent inner circle (head at 7 o'clock) with legend around. Rev: bird right on cross with small cross before and annulet each side with legend around. Near extremely fine.(1.27 grams, 12 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Hertfordshire, UK.
LiteratureS. 777 variant; see SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon 1), 99-104, for very similar examples.
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LOT 2568
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series BII - Bird on Cross - AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Eanred/Eadwine - Base AR Styca 810-830 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Styca coinage A, regal issues. Obv: +EANAED REX around large pellet in circle of pellets. Rev: EADV+VNI around large pellet in pellet circle for the moneyer Eadwine. 0.74 grams, 13 mm.
Good fine.
Found near Beverley, East Yorkshire, UK. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishop Plegmund - Canterbury / Elfstan - Two Line AR Penny 890-895 A.D.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,200
Class 1. Obv: small cross with +PLEGMVND ARCHIEP legend. Rev: pellet trefoil above and below ELFS / TAN in two lines with three crosses between for the moneyer Elfstan. 1.43 grams, 20 mm.
Good very fine. Very rare.
From the Horton collection, UK. Accompanied by two previous dealer's coin tickets. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no 12029-214259. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series R1 - EPA Runic AR Sceatta Circa 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: profile bust right with runic EPA before. Rev: standard with TOTII inside and + V + V at sides. 1.01 grams, 12.62 mm.
Very fine.
Found in Berkshire in the 1900s. See Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2020.0239 (this coin).
