LOT 3297
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of all England, Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny. 978-1016.
Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Struck 1009-1017. [...]ÆD REX ANG[...], diademed and draped bust to left / [...]ÐESTAN O[...], small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. Near Very Fine.(0.86gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3297
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of all England, Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
York mint. Copying an issue for Æthelred II. + EDIEDED X (retrograde) around central small cross / Blundered retrograde legend around central small cross. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 0.75gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. 1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.
Found near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
York mint; Wulfred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX around central cross / + VVEFͶED around central cross. Pirie 979-990 var. (legends); North 188; SCBC 868. 0.68gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
