LOT 3780
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-715/20. Mint in southern Frisia. Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, plumed bird var. J (Type 6).
'Plumed bird' to right; cross beneath beak / 'Standard' with pellet-in-annulet at centre, bars and pellets around; [crosses and pellets in margin?]. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 197; Abramson 87-30; North 49; SCBC 791. Good Very Fine.(1.09gr, 12mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3780
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £100 - 140€120 - 160 (for guidance only)$140 - 190 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E, variety G2.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right; triad of pellets in body / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, four lines and two pellets around; cross and symbols in margins. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 211 (imitative); Abramson 89-20; SCBC 790C. 1.12gr, 12mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 670-675. Mint in Essex or East Anglia.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed and draped bust to right in dotted circle / Dove standing to right on cross pattée; annulets flanking all within ouroboros; blundered legend around; three annulets(?) below. North 124/126 (obv./rev.); SCBC 776/777 (same). 1.13gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Edelhelm, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 4 | Current Bid: £25
⧾ EDELHELM around central small cross pattée / ⧾ VIGMVͶD around central small cross pattée. Pirie 3.27a; North 196; SCBC 870. 1.35gr, 13mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
