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LOT 2553
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Obv: diademed bust right holding in front a short cross, within a pelleted border. Rev: standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within a beaded square. Extremely fine.(0.98 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. 800; Abr.21; N. 43; see M. pp.267-270; M. p. 266-272.
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LOT 2553
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £105
Obv: diademed bust right holding in front a short cross, within a pelleted border. Rev: standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within a beaded square. 0.98 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 - 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 - 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.
