LOT 3797
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-circa 740. Series X. Woden Head type.
Facing 'Woden' head / Crested 'dragon' monster to left with head back grasping tail in jaws. SCBC 797; North 117; cf. SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon I), 446-453; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-C02E9E (this coin). Extremely Fine. Scarce.(1.03gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Nottinghamshire, UK.
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LOT 3797
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
'Porcupine' to right / Beaded standard with central annulet and four lines; cross and symbols around. Cf. North 48; SCBC 790. 1.13gr, 12mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
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.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ 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 Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £720
✠ 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.
