LOT 3825
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 979-985. Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Aethelstan, moneyer. First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1).
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL ORX (OR ligate), draped bust to right / ✠ ÆÐESTΛN M–O PINTONI, Manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ധ flanking. North 766; SCBC 1144. Good Fine.(1.48gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3825
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 730-740/5. Mint in Essex or Kent. Series L, type 18.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right; long cross pommée to right / Figure standing facing in crescent boat, holding cross pommée and hawk; perch to lower right. North 72; SCBC 804F. 0.77gr, 11mm, 4h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
+ E[...]EDE(?) (retrograde), central cross / Illegible legend around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 1.24gr, 14mm.
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. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1059-1062. Eoferwic (York) mint; Snaebjorn, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
✠ EΛDPΛRD D RE, crowned bust to right, sceptre before / ✠ SNEBORN ON EOF, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in first quarter. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.30gr, 19mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
