LOT 3487
Anglo-Saxon. Eclectic Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 710-760.
Series 2c; BM type 14. 'Celtic Cross' Group. +LVNDONIA(retrograde), diademed bust to left / Voided Celtic cross with central and terminal pellets; rosette in quarters. SCBI, 69 -; M427 II (IV, bust to right); SCBC 822. Fine. Very rare. No other examples on CoinArchives.(0.86gr, 11mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFound Tendring, Essex.
Property of an Essex gentleman.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eanred AE Styca. 810-841.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Monne, moneyer; struck 810-830. ⧾ EANRED REX around central cross pattée / ⧾ MONNE around central motif. North 186; SCBC 862. 0.95gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
York mint; Fordred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX, central motif of pellet-in-annulet and four pellets / + FORDRED, central motif of five pellets. North 188; SCBC 865. 0.95gr, 13mm, 3h.
Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 710-760.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Variety 51-10. 'Hen' Type. Hen (or cockerel) standing to left, with wing straight and fantail raised, comb, standing in foliage and pecking berries / Large bird, possibly swan or goose standing to right, with wing over back and long tail feathers, turning head to peck suspended berries. SCBI 69, 807-808; SCBC 826. 0.69gr, 11mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare variety with hen standing to left.
Found Tendring, Essex. Property of an Essex gentleman.
