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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. 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 Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4. York mint; Eardwulf, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ EDILRED RE῀ around central short cross within plain border / + EΛRDVVLF around central star within plain(?) border. Cf. Pirie 962; North 190; SCBC 868. 0.87gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Denmark. Godfred AR Penny. Circa 825-860 AD. Ribe mint. Head and Deer Type. Imitating a Wodan/Monster Sceatta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Bearded bust facing with crosses on cheeks, surrounded by four faces and symbols / Stylised deer with hatched body to right, head facing back to the left; below, symbols. KG 5. 0.90gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK.
