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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LOT 3789
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Illegible inscription around central pellet / Illegible inscription around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 0.70gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-circa 740. Series X. Woden Head type.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Facing 'Woden' head / Crested 'dragon' monster to left with head back grasping tail in jaws. SCBC 797; North 117; cf. SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon I), 446-453; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-C02E9E (this coin). 1.03gr, 12mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Scarce.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
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.
