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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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E, unlisted variety.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
'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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eanred AE Styca. Circa 810-840. York mint; Odilo, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ EANRED REX around central small cross pattée / ✠ ODILO around central small cross pattée. North 186; SCBC 862. 1.05gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
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.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Illegible inscription around central cross / Illegible inscription around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 0.50gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found North Yorkshire, UK.
