LOT 2553
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 33 - Wolf Head AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Obv: profile bust with cross before. Rev: wolf head with long tongue. Very fine. Scarce.(0.97 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Kelveden, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record, SF-2359E7.
See British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference SF-2359E7 (this coin); see Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2023.0221 (ditto).
LiteratureS. 803; M. 306.
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LOT 2553
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 33 - Wolf Head AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Canterbury / Lifinc - CRUX AR Penny 991-997 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
BMC type IIIa. Obv: profile bust with sceptre and +ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOR legend. Rev: short voided cross with C R V X in angles and +LIFINCM-OCÆNT legend for the moneyer Lifinc at Canterbury mint. 1.45 grams.
Near extremely fine; few Viking peck marks to both sides.
Ex Baldwin's with reference no.C201015484 and B M Coins. Property of a UK collector. Accompanied by a Baldwin's coin ticket. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series E - Porcupine Left AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head left. Rev: standard with V's around annulet within and pellet symbols around. 1.21 grams.
Very fine. Head left variant.
Found Berkshire, UK. -
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.
