LOT 3784
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E, variety G2.
'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. Good Very Fine.(1.12gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Ireland. Hiberno-Norse, Sihtric III Olafsson PB Penny. Circa 1015-1035. Dublin mint.' Færemin,' moneyer. Phase II. Imitating Long Cross type of Æthelred II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
S•IHTRIC REX DVFLIN, draped bust to left / FÆR-EMI N-M DV-[FLIN?], long voided cross with pellet at centre, hand in one angle. For prototype cf. SCBC 6129. 1.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found London, UK, spoil, 1970s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1024-1030. Stamford mint; Osweard, moneyer. Pointed Helmet type (BMC xiv, Hild. G).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £520
✠ CNVT RECX A :, bust to left, wearing pointed helmet; trefoil-tipped sceptre before / ✠ OSPERD ON • NSTAN, voided short cross, limbs united at base by two concentric circles with pellet in centre; in each angle, broken annulet enclosing pellet. North 787; SCBC 1158. 0.90gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently the only variant with this reverse legend arrangement.
Found UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
