LOT 3826
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 ANGLO (NG ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ LEOFSTAN M-O CÆNT, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. Very Fine.(1.35gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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LOT 3826
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939. Norwich mint; Burhelm, moneyer. Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC viii).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
✠ ÆÐELSTAN REX T •, crowned and draped bust to right / ✠ BYRDEL MO ͶORÐP, small cross pattée. North 675; SCBC 1095. 1.57gr, 21mm. 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Euston, Thetford, Suffolk, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0237. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855. In the name of Eanred. Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
+ EΛRDVVE[X?], central small cross with pellets in angles / + VVLFRED (retrograde), central cross. SCBC 872. 0.95gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Coenred, moneyer. Phase II, group A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ VI6MVND • IP•EP around central cross / + LOENRED around central cross. North 196; SCBC 870. 1.01gr, 13mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
