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)
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Bids: 5 | Current Bid: £1,220
✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle. North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. 1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.
Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 730/5-745. Mint in Essex. Series S, type 47.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £20
Four wolves' heads in clockwise circle, tongues forming whorl / Female centaur standing to left, torso facing, holding palm frond in each hand. Abramson 68-20; MEC 8 Series Sa; North 121; SCBC 814. 0.98gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Nicely toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Illegible inscription around central cross / Illegible inscription around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 0.50gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
