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LOT 3117
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right / Beaded standard with central pellet-in-annulet and four lines; pseudo-legend or symbols around. Cf. North 48; cf. SCBC 790. Good Very Fine.(1.09gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Somerset, UK, private collector.
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LOT 3117
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1053-1056. Uncertain mint; Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
[✠ ED]PER [D REX], helmeted and draped bust to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre / ✠ PVLS(?)[...], voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet centre and triple crescent ends; annulet in first quarter. North 825; SCBC 1179. 0.89gr, 19mm.
Very Fine. Heavily chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edgar AR Penny. 959-975. Mint in East Anglia. Saydtinc, moneyer. Pre-Reform Coinage. Bust Crowned (BMC v) type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
✠ EΛD[G]ΛR REX, crowned and draped bust to right, breaking inner circle / ✠ SΛVD[T]INC MONYN[I?] ✠, short cross pattée. North 750; SCBC 1138; EMC 2025.0338 (this coin). 1.20gr, 20mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare; only 3 examples on EMC and none on CoinArchives.
Found Fressingfield 26 September 2025. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2025.0338. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Lincoln mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
✠ EDELRED REX ANGL, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LEOFPINE M-O LINC (NC ligate), small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge crack at 2h.
From a 1980s English collection. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
