LOT 3791
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).
'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. Good Very Fine.(0.81gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715-800/20. Ribe mint. Series X, type 31.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
'Wodan' head facing; pellet above, short cross pommée to left and right / Fantastic creature flying to left, head to right, with tail coiled leftward; two pellets beneath head. Abramson 104-10; MEC 8 Series X; North 116; SCBC 797. 1.12gr, 13mm, 9h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed and draped bust to left / Small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.08gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 895-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
✠ [...]VCAI, large A / ✠[...]ACVI, small cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 961. 0.85gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
