LOT 2217
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series S, Type 47 - Centaur AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Obv: female centaur left with palm frond each side. Rev: whorl of four wolf heads with beaded tongues meeting at centre. Very fine.(0.83 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Chelmsford, Essex, UK, recorded with UKDFD, reference 39735.
PublishedSee UK Detector Finds Database, reference 39735 (this coin)
LiteratureS.814; M. 438-441.
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LOT 2217
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series S, Type 47 - Centaur AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below, within a beaded border. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems, within a beaded border. 0.91 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
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 - Northumbria - Aethelred I / Hnifvla - Regal Issue AR Sceatta 789-796 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Second reign, phase I. Obv: small cross centre with +EDILRED legend, within a beaded border. Rev: pellet in rosette of pellets in centre with +HNIFVLA legend for the moneyer Hnifvla, within a beaded border. 0.92 grams.
Near 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 - 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.
