LOT 2203
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmet right with XO behind and blundered legend with lozenge O. Rev: small cross in centre with annulets around blundered arrangement of letters with lozenge O, within a pelleted border. Near extremely fine.(1.25 grams.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
S. 781; Abr. 106; see N. 61-62 variant (steps); see Metcalf 136-137 variant (ditto); M. p. 125-32.
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LOT 2203
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Portrait AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Post Crondall - Two Emperors Gold Shilling (Thrymsa) 655-675 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
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. 1.26 grams.
Near extremely fine; good butter-yellow gold. Very rare; most examples are in public collections.
Ex 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. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V, Type 7 - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems. 0.90 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
Found Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Property of a UK gentleman. Accompanied by a coin ticket. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series J Type 37 - Double Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Obv: two diademed heads face-to-face, long cross in centre with tripod base, within pelleted border. Rev: four birds clockwise around small cross, within a border of two pelleted circles. 1.13 grams.
Near 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.
