LOT 3831
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 991-997. Canterbury mint. Lifinc, moneyer. CRUX type (BMC type IIIa).
+ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOR, bust to left with sceptre / Short voided cross with C R V X in angles and + LIFINC M O CÆNT around. SCBC 1148; North 770. Near Extremely Fine. Few Viking peck marks to both sides.(1.45gr, 19mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwin's with reference no.C201015484 and B M Coins.
Property of a UK collector.
Accompanied by a Baldwin's coin ticket.
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LOT 3831
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in northern Frisia (prob. Wijnaldum). Struck under Radbod, King of Frisia. Series D, type 8.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Cross pommée, pellets in two angles; blundered legend around / 'Standard' with degenerate T O T I I; tufa and crosses at sides. OdV&M type 8; Abramson 10-10; MEC 8 Series Db; North 163; SCBC 793. 1.25gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 670-675. Mint in Essex or East Anglia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Diademed and draped bust to right in dotted circle / Dove standing to right on cross pattée; annulets flanking all within ouroboros; blundered legend around; three annulets(?) below. North 124/126 (obv./rev.); SCBC 776/777 (same). 1.13gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 760-792. East Anglia mint. Wihtred, moneyer. Light Coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Hollow cross with incurved sides and lozenge ends with quadruple pellets within and O FF AR EX in angles / Hollow lozenge with fleurs at cusps and cross within with +P IH TR E in angles. SCBC 907; North 336; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference SF-87E18C (this coin); Early Medieval Corpus, Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, reference EMC 2020.0196. 1.18gr, 18mm, 3h.
Near Extremely Fine. A new type for the moneyer and thus unique.
Found near Lower Hatcheston, Suffolk, UK, April 2020. Accompanied by copies of the British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS), reference SE-87E18C and Early Medieval Corpus, reference 2020.0196 records.
The EMC record includes the comment 'A new type for the East Anglian moneyer Wihtred, cf. Chick 183'; although this coin shares some features and details with other coins of this moneyer and of others, these dies are distinctly different from any others previously recorded.
