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 - Eadbereht - AR Sceatta 737-758 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Obv: small cross in centre with .EDTBEREHTVF legend. Rev: stylised stag left. 1.01 grams, 12 mm.
Very fine.
Found near York, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Offa of Mercia - Canterbury / Eoba - Portrait AR Penny Circa 780-792 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,861
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. 0.92 grams, 16 mm.
Very fine. Rare.
Found 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. -
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.
