LOT 3748
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. 1042-1066. Lincoln(?) mint; Gife, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xi, Hild. G).
[+ EADP?]AR-D RE[X], crowned bust to right, sceptre before / GIFE ⵙN [LINCOLNE?], voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. North 828; SCBC 1182. Fine. Broken and repaired.(1.03gr, 20mm.).
ProvenanceEnglish collection, 1980s.
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LOT 3748
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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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 Extremely rare; apparently unpublished variety.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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wulfhere AE Styca. 849/50-855. Eoferwic (York) mint; Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
+ VLFHERE ABED (retrograde) around central cross pattée within pelleted annulet / + VVFERED around central pelleted cross. SCBC 871. 1.07gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
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.
