LOT 3733
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 700-765. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). Series E.
'Porcupine' with snout to right / Beaded 'standard' with three chevron, one line and a pellet around central annulet. SCBI 63 (BM) -; cf. Abramson 88-20; cf. SCBC 790A. Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.(1.16gr, 11mm.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. Circa 841-849/50. Alghere moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
+ AEDILRED Rx around central cross / + AL•GHERE around central cross. North 188; SCBC 865. 0.65gr, 13mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 700-765. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
'Porcupine' with snout to right / Beaded 'standard' with three chevron, one line and a pellet around central annulet. SCBI 63 (BM) -; cf. Abramson 88-20; cf. SCBC 790A. 1.16gr, 11mm.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. London mint; Elfwig, moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ [...] REX, diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ELFP[...]NDE :, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. North 790; SCBC 1159. 0.50gr, 18mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
