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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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint; Osmund, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ 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. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 710-730. Mint in East Anglia (Central Norfolk). Series R3.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Radiate bust to right, Λ and annulets to left; runic gepa to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses at sides, Ts at corners. Abramson 11-40; MEC 8 Series RSa; North 157; SCBC 813. 0.99gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceat. 737-758. York mint. Class D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
•E◊TBEREҺTVL, around central small cross pattée / Stag standing to left, cross above, triquetra below. Abramson 841-43; North 178; SCBC 847. 0.98gr, 12mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
