LOT 3781
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
'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. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(1.12gr, 12mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3781
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 670-675. Mint in Essex or East Anglia.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening 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. BMC Type 27b; Abramson B380; SCBC 777. 0.99gr, 11mm, 8h.
Good Fine.
Found Tendering, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-0D75D2. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. Exeter mint; Aelfwine(?), moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ CNV[T R]ECX, diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ÆL[...]CXE •, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. North 790; SCBC 1159. 0.53gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-saxon. Secondary Phase AR Sceat. 710-760. Series G; Type 3a.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Diademed bust to right holding in front short cross, within pelleted border / Standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within beaded square. SCBC 800; Abramson 21; North 43. 0.97gr, 12mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
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.
