LOT 3316
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016.
Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Southwark mint, Byrhtric moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. ✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX (NG ligate), bare-headed bust to left; sceptre, cross pommée before / ✠ BУRHTRIC M-O SVÐG, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. SCBC 1148; North 770. Good Very Fine. Flan crack. Very rare combination of mint and moneyer.(1.08gr, 20mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3316
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
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England. Edward the Confessor Cut AR Halfpenny. 1042-1066.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint; Wulfgar(?), moneyer. Pyramids type (BMC xv, Hild. I). Crowned bust to right, holding sceptre / Short cross voided; pyramid ending in pellet in angles. Cf. North 831; SCBC 1184. 0.48gr, 18mm.
Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Eoferwic (York) mint; Oban moneyer. Helmet type (BMC viii, Hild. E). Struck circa 1003-1009. ✠ AEÐELRED REX ANG (NG ligate), armoured bust to left, wearing radiate helmet / ✠ OBΛN M-O E:OFR, voided long cross with triple-crescent ends and pellet at centre; in each quarter, trefoil on pile. North 775; SCBC 1152. 1.35gr, 20mm, 7h.
About Good Very Fine. Flan crack. Extremely rare combination of moneyer and mint for this type. No other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Phase, AR Sceatta. Circa AD 680-710.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Series BIIIA. Illegible inscription, head to right / Illegible inscription, flying bird with three pellets in front, over cross with annulets on each side and pellets in lower angles. Abr. 16.70-80; North 126 var.; SCBC 777A. 1.01gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
