LOT 3827
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Leofweald, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
✠ ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLORX (OR ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ LEOFPOLD M-O PIN, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. Very Fine. Repaired.(1.52gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3827
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eanred AE Styca. Circa 837-841. York mint; Brodr, moneyer. Phase II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ EAHRED REX around central pellet / + BRODR around central pellet. Pirie 133; North 186; SCBC 862. 1.42gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, 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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle. North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. 1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.
Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536.
