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 720-735/50. Hamwic mint. Series H, type 49.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wodan' head within pelleted border; around, seven pellet-in-annulets / Bird standing to right; pellet-in-annulet above, short cross pommée to right. Abramson 48-530; MEC 8 Series Hc; North 103; SCBC 801A. 0.86gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Found near Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939. York mint. Ragnald / Reinald, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). ✠ EÐELSTΛͶ REx TO BRIΓ, small cross pattée; crescent and seven pellets in field / ✠ REGN•Λ•⊥•D•M• -o EFoRPIC, small cross pattée. North 672; SCBC 1093. 1.29gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Snick or crack at 7h. Very Rare.
Found near Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0078.
The title on the obverse REX TO BRIT is an abbreviation of REX TOTIUS BRITANNIAEl, which means 'King of All Britain'. Aethelstan assumed this title after the incorporation of the Kingdom of York into his southern English kingdom and the submission of all the rulers in Britain to his overlordship. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Canterbury mint; Leofstan, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
✠ 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. 1.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
