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LOT 3775
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in northern Frisia (prob. Wijnaldum). Struck under Radbod, King of Frisia. Possibly series D, type 2c.
Crude crowned bust to right; Runic letters to right / Cross pommée, pellets in angles; cross above, blundered legend around. Abramson 8-10; North 168; SCBC 792. Very Fine.(1.24gr, 11mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-715/20. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad?). Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, porcupine var. A (Type 4).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
'Porcupine' to right / Standard with central annulet and chevrons and diagonal lines in opposite angles; symbols in margins. M&OdV pl. 23, 615-8; cf. Abramson 97.20 (for type); SCBC 790D. 0.81gr, 11mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right; three pellets in body / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, four lines and triad of pellets around.; all within beaded circle; cross and symbol in margins. Cf. North 48; SCBC 790C. 1.12gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 895-918. Mint in East Anglia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
✠ SC EADMIIDPE (retrograde), large A between pellets / ✠ [?] OIYIICNIYION (retrograde), cross pattée. Cf. SCBC 960. 1.36gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
