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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.(1.16gr, 11mm.).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. 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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.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 Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. Struck circa 810-821. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Large portrait type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
[✠ CO]ENVVLF REX m, diademed and draped bust to right / ✠ [SVVEF]HERD MONETΛ, cross fourchée with pellets in angles. Naismith C43e; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 571; North 353; SCBC 916. 0.99gr, 21mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped. Rare.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca. Second reign, 843/4-849/50. York mint; Eardwulf, moneyer. Phase IIci.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
+ EDILRED REX around central short cross within beaded circle / + EΛRDVVLF around pellet within beaded circle. North 190; SCBC 868. 1.15gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
