LOT 3794
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695/700-710/5. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad?). Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, porcupine VICO 3.
'Porcupine' to right, annulet within curve of body / 'Standard' with central annulet, Π-like, chevron, 2-pellet-bar, and pellets around (degenerate VICO). EMC 1999.0184 and EMC 2002.0234; SCBC 790A. Extremely Fine.(1.11gr, 12mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3794
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 730-735. Mint in the east Midlands.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 6 | Current Bid: £75
Cross in saltire on banner, with pellet in each quarter; tufa below, line to left and right, three pellets above / 'Standard' with central annulet, lines and chevrons at opposite corners; crosses at sides; all within pelleted circle. Abramson 13-160; MEC 8 Series SSh; North 55; SCBC 833B. 1.08gr, 12mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-765. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). Series E, 'Ashton Rowant' phase. Vico type.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
'Porcupine' to right, with parallel lines in curve of body / Standard with central annulet, chevrons, 3-pellet-bar, and pellets around (degenerate VICO); [symbols in margins?]. Abramson E801; North 48; SCBC 790A. 1.23gr, 12mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 760-792. East Anglia mint. Wihtred, moneyer. Light Coinage.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £600
Hollow cross with incurved sides and lozenge ends with quadruple pellets within and O FF AR EX in angles / Hollow lozenge with fleurs at cusps and cross within with +P IH TR E in angles. SCBC 907; North 336; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference SF-87E18C (this coin); Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2020.0196. 1.18gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine. A new type for the moneyer and thus unique.
Found near Lower Hatcheston, Suffolk, UK, April 2020. Accompanied by copies of the British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), reference SE-87E18C and Early Medieval Corpus, reference 2020.0196 records.
The EMC record includes the comment 'A new type for the East Anglian moneyer Wihtred, cf. Chick 183'; although this coin shares some features and details with other coins of this moneyer and of others, these dies are distinctly different from any others previously recorded.
