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LOT 3831
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1017-1023. York mint; Osgot, moneyer. Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E).
✠ CNVT REX •Λ•NGLOR•, crowned and draped bust to left within quatrefoil / :✠ O:-SGO-T M-O EO, voided long cross with pellet at centre; all over quatrefoil. North 781; SCBC 1157. Very Fine.(1.01gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1017. London mint; Aedwald, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGL•OR, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ EADPOLD MON LVND, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.33gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855. In the name of Eanred. Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
+ EΛRDVVE[X?], central small cross with pellets in angles / + VVLFRED (retrograde), central cross. SCBC 872. 0.95gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK..
