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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.(1.16gr, 11mm.).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. Archbishops of York, Wulfhere AE Styca. 849/50-855. Eoferwic (York) mint; Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
+ VLFHERE ABED (retrograde) around central cross pattée within pelleted annulet / + VVFERED around central pelleted cross. SCBC 871. 1.07gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1003-1009. Winchester mint; Byrhsige moneyer. Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
✠ [Æ]ÐELRED REX ΛNGL • (NG ligate), armoured bust to left, wearing radiate helmet / ✠ BY-RHSI-[G]E Mⵙ PINT, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at centre; in each quarter, trefoil on pile. North 775; SCBC 1152. 1.43gr, 19mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Pierced.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. Circa 849/50-867. Wineberht moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
+ OSBERCHT(retrograde) around central motif /+ VINIBERH•(retrograde) around central small cross with pellet in angles. North 191; SCBC 869. 1.09gr, 13mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
