LOT 3832
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1029-1035. Stamford mint; Leofdaeg, moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
✠ CNV-•T REX (NV ligate), diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / +✠ LEOFEDÆI • ON STA, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. North 790; SCBC 1159. Very Fine. Toned.(0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1053-1056. York mint; Thorr, moneyer. Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
✠ EDPER-D REX, helmeted and draped bust to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre / ✠ ÐORR ON EOFERPI, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet centre and triple crescent ends; annulet in first quarter. North 825; SCBC 1179. 1.38gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Detailed portrait.
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria), Sihtric I Caoch AR Penny. 921-927. Uncertain mint; Albert, moneyer. Sword / Hammer type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,750
SIHTR-IC REX above and beneath sword to right / ✠ ALBERT • MOT (BE ligate), upright Thor's hammer, three crescents around. SCBI 4 (Copenhagen) -; North 536; SCBC 1013. 1.06gr, 20mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Wavy flan. Toned. Exceedingly rare; apparently the first example in the market.
Found Hagworthingham, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK, on 18 May 2025. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0245. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.LIN-DD54DB.
EMC note: A previously unrecorded moneyer in Sihtric I's Sword / T type (North 536). Designated by PAS as a find of note and of Regional importance. -
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.
