LOT 3749
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1048-1050. Uncertain mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Small Flan type (BMC ii, Hild. B).
EDPE-RD REX, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LEOFPINE ON [..?], voided short cross with pellet at centre. North 818; SCBC 1175. Good Very Fine. Toned.(0.94gr, 15mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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LOT 3749
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. London mint; Wynsige, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,053
✠ HΛRO-LD REX, diademed bust to left / ✠ PYNSIGE OH LVNGN(sic) :, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. SCBI 40 (Stockholm) -; North 802; SCBC 1163. 0.97gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 757-796. Canterbury mint; Osmod, moneyer. Heavy coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
⁜ ꕺFFΛ RE※ within two lines; uncial m above, various pellets in fields / ⵙS:MOD between two lines, inverted uncial m with triangular symbol either side below, cross and bars pattern above, various pellets in fields. Chick type 239; North 320; SCBC 908. 1.24gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 700-765. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad). Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
'Porcupine' with snout to right / Beaded 'standard' with three chevron, one line and a pellet around central annulet. SCBI 63 (BM) -; cf. Abramson 88-20; cf. SCBC 790A. 1.16gr, 11mm.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
