LOT 2552
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 2552
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Stepped Cross Type 53 - Porcupine AR Sceatta
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - York(?) / Uncertain Moneyer - Helmet AR Cut Halfpenny 1003-1009 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
BMC type viii. Obv: helmeted profile bust with +Æ[ÐELRÆD REX A]NGL legend. Rev: long voided cross over incurved square with trefoils at points dividing [ ] / TAN / MOE[ ] possibly for the moneyer Aelfstan or Leofstan at York mint. 0.72 grams.
Very fine; cracked across centre.
Ex Alfa Numismatics, Auction 9, lot 21 (with lot printout and ticket). Property of a Harrow, UK gentleman. -
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 - Cnut - London / Wulfric - Pointed Helmet AR Penny 1024-1030 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
BMC type xiv. Obv: profile bust with pointed helmet and sceptre with CNVT RECX legend. Rev: short voided cross with pellet in annulets at centre with pellet in crescent to angles and +PVLRICONLVNDE legend for the moneyer Wulfric at London mint. 0.92 grams.
Good very fine; Viking 'peck marks' to cheek and reverse.
Ex A J Shawcroft and J Simpson collections. From a Cambridgeshire, UK, collection. Accompanied by two named coin tickets.
