LOT 3789
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 710/5-720. Quentovic mint. Series G, type 3a.
Diademed head to right; cross pommée before / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, saltires in angles, pellets between saltires; one angle lacking saltire; crosses on outer sides. Abramson 21-20; MEC 8 Series G; North 43; SCBC 800. Good Fine. Edge chipped.(0.86gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 710-765. Mint in East Anglia. Series R3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
Geometric bust to left with radiate crown and pyramidal neck; GEPA (in Runic, partially inverted and retrograde) to left, X to right / 'Standard' with central pellet-in-annulet, two facing Γ's in upper corners, two oblique I's in lower corners; lines radiating from corners, perpendicular lines at sides flanked by pellets. Abramson 11.30; Metcalf -; SCBI 63 (BM), 641; North -; SCBC 813. 0.94gr, 13mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceat. 737-758. York mint. Class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
•E◊TBEREҺTVL, around central small cross pattée / Stag standing to left, cross above, triquetra below. Abramson 841-43; North 178; SCBC 847. 0.98gr, 12mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
