LOT 2552
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 2552
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - British Copy Woden Head AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Obv: facing 'Woden' head. Rev: stylised monster left. 0.86 grams.
Near as struck. Rare.
Found South East England, circa 1983.
This specimen, from is crude designs, its likely to be a British copy of the well-known Wodan type. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series X - Woden Head AR Seatta Circa 695-circa 740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Obv: facing 'Woden' head. Rev: crested 'dragon' monster left with head back grasping tail in jaws. 1.03 grams.
Extremely fine. Scarce.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Edward the Confessor - Thetford / Estmund - Small Flan Penny 1048-1050 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
BMC type ii. Obv: diademed profile bust with EDWERD REX legend. Rev: short voided cross with +ESTMVNDONÐE legend for the moneyer Estmund at Thetford mint. 0.75 grams.
Very fine.
Acquired UK auction, 2010. Property of a Kent collector.
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