LOT 3314
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016.
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. About Good Very Fine. Flan crack. Extremely rare combination of moneyer and mint for this type. No other examples on CoinArchives.(1.35gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3314
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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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. 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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of all England, Harold I AR Penny. 1035-1040.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Harold I Harefoot. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A), Skuli at York. 1016-1035. + HΛROLD RECX., diademed bust to left / + SCVLA ON EOFERPICC (trefoil), cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. BMC -; North 802; SCBC 1163. 1.05gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Pierced for use as a pendant to the 'O' and subsequently plugged. Extremely Rare. Only two coins recorded on the Medieval Coin Corpus and SCBI with this mint spelling.
Acquired from a Norfolk, UK, collector. Property of an Essex gentleman.
