LOT 2550
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series C, Type 2 - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Obv: radiate bust right with Runic Tepa before, two pellet-in-annulets below. Rev: votive TOTII standard with cross at sides and T at corners. Near very fine.(1.02 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired Tim Owen, March 1994.
Ex Tony Abramson collection.
Published SCBI 69, no.82.
Spink sale 21060, lot 605.
Property of a UK gentleman.
Accompanied by two coin tickets.
Acquired Timeline Auctions.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
See SCBI 69 (Abramson), 82 (this coin).
LiteratureS. 779.
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LOT 2550
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series C, Type 2 - Portrait AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 33 - Wolf's Head AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £33
Obv: diademed profile bust right with cross before. Rev: wolf's head with long tongue. 1.00 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Bedfordshire gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Winchester / Brihtsige - Long Cross AR Penny 997-1003 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
BMC type IVa. Obv: profile bust with +ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLO legend. Rev: long voided cross with each limb terminating in three crescents dividing +BYR HSIG EMΩO PINT legend for the moneyer Brihtsige at Winchester mint. 1.75 grams.
Very fine; slightly double struck.
Ex Alfa Numismatics, Auction 11, lot 47.
