LOT 4268
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Leofwold, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
✠ EDELRED REX ANG, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LIOFPOLD N-O LVN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks on both sides.(0.86gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the 1980s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4268
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1042-circa 1044. London mint; Aelfwine, moneyer. Pacx type (BMC iv, Hild. D).
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
✠ EDPER-D REEXஃ, diademed bust to left; quatrefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ÆL-FPIN-E OM LVND (ND ligate), voided long cross with pellet-in-crescent at ends and pellet-in-annulet at centre; P A C X in quarters. North 813; SCBC 1171. 1.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1065-1066. Colchester mint; Goldman, moneyer. Pyramids type (BMC xv, Hild. I).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
EΛDPΛRD R, crowned bust to right; sceptre before / ✠ GOLDMΛN O[N CO]LE, cross with annulet in centre; pyramids in quarters. North 831; SCBC 1184; EMC/SCBI 1054.1271. 1.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Leofwold, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ EDELRED REX ANG, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LIOFPOLD N-O LVN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 0.86gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks on both sides.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
