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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. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Southwark mint, Aethelweard, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX (NG ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ÆÐELPERD M-O SVÐB, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.46gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695/700-715. Mint in Frisia (Domburg?). Series D, type 2c.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Radiate bust to right; traces of Runic AEPA before / Short cross pommée, with pellet in each quarter; various ornaments around. North 163; SCBC 792. 1.08gr, 11mm, 3h.
Very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. Circa 780-792/3. London mint; Ceolheard, moneyer.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type. + OFFA REX +, draped and cuirassed bust to right; all within inner and outer beaded circles / + CI◊L HAR∂ around coiled serpent-like creature within beaded inner and outer circles. Chick type 18; SCBI 67 (BM) 56-7; North 317; SCBC 905; cf. CNG 5628037 (hammer USD 27,500). 1.17gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only other three complete examples recorded by the EMC.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson on 3rd April 2024; Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0140.
