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LOT 3829
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Canterbury mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX AN[...], bare-headed bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ LE[O]FSTAN M-O CÆN, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(1.11gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3829
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1059-1062. York mint; Thorr, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
EDPARD-D REX, crowned bust to right, sceptre before / ✠ ÐORR ON EOFERPI, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in fourth quarter. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1056-1059. York mint; Leofnoth, moneyer. Sovereign/Eagles type (BMC ixa, Hild. H var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
EDPΛRD RX ANGLOR, Edward seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and globus cruciger / ✠ LEFNEÐ ON EOFRP, voided cross; martlets and annulets in quarters. North 827 var. (annulets on rev.); SCBC 1181 var. (same). 1.33gr, 20mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Well-centred.
Ex Halls Auction, November 2008, lot 169. Ex Lockdales, 16 January 2011, lot 569. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
+ EDELRED REX around central cross with pellets in angles / + MOͶNE around central pellet. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 986; North 188; SCBC 865 and 868. 1.08gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
