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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Viking Coins - Danish East Anglia - St Edmund Memorial AR Penny 885-915 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Obv: top-barred A with +SCEA+DI legend. Rev: small cross with +BAHIMOI legend. 1.36 grams.
Near as struck; bend to flan.
Property of a Colchester, UK, collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Celtic Cross Group - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Obv: pelletted bust facing right with O behind and pseudo legend in front. Rev: Celtic cross, a superimposed pellet cross, large annulets in angles (not rosettes), within a triple pelleted border. 1.22 grams.
Near extremely 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 - Post Crondall - Two Emperors Gold Shilling (Thrymsa) 655-675 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,640
Obv: helmeted bust right with letters and symbols behind, within a beaded border. Rev: bust of winged angel facing with two pellets to the right and a single pellet to the left above two facing heads with annulet-in-crescents below in centre and additional annulet under the right bust. 1.26 grams.
Near extremely fine; good butter-yellow gold. Very rare; most examples are in public collections.
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK. Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569. Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents. This lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by search certificate number no.11725-197242.
