LOT 3773
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715-800/20. Ribe mint. Series X, type 31.
'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. Extremely Fine.(1.12gr, 13mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3773
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £400 - 600€460 - 700 (for guidance only)$540 - 810 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Hunlaf, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ VIGMVND IR ⁝ (partially retrograde) around central beaded motif / ✠ HVNLAF around central small cross pattée. North 196; SCBC 870. 1.11gr, 13mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIb, type 27b.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Crude diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; two annulets to right and one to left; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around, three annulets below. Cf. EMC 2012.0244; North 126; SCBC 777. 1.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-740. Series E, variety D.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Porcupine to right / Standard with four pellets around central annulet; all within two beaded squares. North 45; SCBC 790B. 1.01gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
