LOT 3828
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Southwark mint, Aethelweard, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX (NG ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ÆÐELPERD M-O SVÐB, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. Good Fine. Pierced.(1.46gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3828
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Estimate £180 - 240€210 - 280 (for guidance only)$240 - 320 (for guidance only)
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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, Eanred AE Styca. Struck 837-841. York mint; Brodr, moneyer. Phase IIc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
+ EAИRD REX around central motif / + BRODR around pellet-in-annulet. North 186; SCBC 862. 0.84gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
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.
