LOT 2556
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
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. Good fine. Rare.(0.91 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. 817; Abr. 62; N. 120; M. 453; M. p. 570-5; cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 801-804 for type.
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LOT 2556
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 33 - Wolf's Head AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £33
Obv: diademed profile bust right with cross before. Rev: wolf's head with long tongue. 1.00 grams.
Good fine.
Property of a Bedfordshire 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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Aethelred II - Crux Penny Fragment Group 978-1016
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Group comprising: three large fragments of CRVX type pennies. 2.10 grams total.
Very fine; each with about half lost.
with Alfa Numismatics, Auction 11, lot 44.
