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 Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First or second reign, 841-843/4 and 843/4-849/50. York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
+ EDELRED REX around central ω / + LEOFDEJИ around central short cross pattée within plain border. Pagan, "The Bolton Percy Hoard of 1967," in BNJ 43 (1973), 201; Pirie, Guide 3.10i; North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. 1.07gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
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).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
✠ 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. 1.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Repaired.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceatt. 737-758. York mint. Class F.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
E◊TBERHTVƧ around central pellet within beaded border / Heraldic quadruped standing to right, raising foreleg; triquetra below. Pirie, Guide 2.1g; North 177; SCBC 847. 0.99gr, 13mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no.2025.0310.
