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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LOT 3791
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. 695-740. Series E. Porcupine TOTII type.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Degraded 'porcupine' head / Standard with TOTII within and crosses around. SCBC 790. 1.06gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint; Osmund, moneyer.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ ÆÐELR[...], draped bust to left / ✠ OS-MVN-[...], voided long cross. North 774; SCBC 1151. 0.65gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E, unlisted variety.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
'Porcupine' to right with pellet eyes / Beaded standard with central pellet-in-annulet, a broken and an unbroken line; symbols in margins. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 213 var. (two broken lines); SCBC 790C. 1.19gr, 11mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unlisted variety with one unbroken line.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
