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LOT 3123
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1053-1056. Uncertain mint; Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F).
[✠ ED]PER [D REX], helmeted and draped bust to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre / ✠ PVLS(?)[...], voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet centre and triple crescent ends; annulet in first quarter. North 825; SCBC 1179. Very Fine. Heavily chipped.(0.89gr, 19mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3123
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £900
✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle. North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. 1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.
Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Viking Imitation Penny. Circa 997-1003 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £546
London mint; Svarte moneyer. Long Cross type (BMC iva, Hild. D). ✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX, draped bust to left; pellet behind neck / ✠ SVARTR O LDI, voided long cross, with pellet at centre and triple-crescent ends, and a pellet in each quarter. Cf. variant of: North 774; SCBC 1151. 1.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Lustrous metal, hairline crack, Viking peck marks to the reverse. Extremely Rare.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edgar AR Penny. 959-975. Mint in East Anglia. Saydtinc, moneyer. Pre-Reform Coinage. Bust Crowned (BMC v) type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
✠ EΛD[G]ΛR REX, crowned and draped bust to right, breaking inner circle / ✠ SΛVD[T]INC MONYN[I?] ✠, short cross pattée. North 750; SCBC 1138; EMC 2025.0338 (this coin). 1.20gr, 20mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped. Extremely rare; only 3 examples on EMC and none on CoinArchives.
Found Fressingfield 26 September 2025. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2025.0338.
