LOT 2205
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Stepped Cross Type 53 - Porcupine AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' profile bust right. Rev: stepped cross with pellet in angles and pellet-in-annulet at centre. Extremely fine; as struck.(1.16 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. 785; Abr. 91; N. 150; M. 243-245, pl.15, 258; SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon I) -; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 290-291; BMC 199, for type; see Blackburn and Bonser, Single Finds of Anglo-Saxon and Norman Coins 2, BNJ 55, pp.70-71, no.62.
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LOT 2205
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Stepped Cross Type 53 - Porcupine AR Sceatta
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series J, Type 85 - Bird on Cross AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: outline bird on cross with annulet each side. 0.91 grams.
Very fine; reverse better.
Found near York, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Eanred / Hvaetred - Regal Issue AR Sceatta 810-841 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £293
Obv: small cross in centre with +EANRED REX legend, within a beaded border. Rev: small cross in centre with +HVAETRED legend around for the moneyer Hwaetred, within a beaded border. 1.15 grams.
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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Harold II - London / Wulfgar - PAX Penny 1066 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
BMC type i. Obv: profile bust left with sceptre and +HAROLD REX ANGLOR: legend. Rev: PAX across centre between lines with +PVLGARONLVND legend starting at 10 o'clock for the moneyer Wulfgar at London mint. 1.24 grams.
Very fine; small crack at edge. Very rare.
Found near North Cockerington, Lincolnshire, UK, 2022. Recorded with Early Medieval Corpus, Cambridge, reference EMC 2022.0423. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman.
