LOT 3836
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. London mint; Eadric, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
HA-R•O•LD REX, diademed bust to left / ✠ ENRIC ON LVNDEN, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. Cf. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 408-10; North 802; SCBC 1163. Good Very Fine to Extremely Fine.(1.12gr, 18mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3836
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
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Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIb, type 27b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Crude diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; two annulets to right and one to left; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around, three annulets below. Cf. EMC 2012.0244; North 126; SCBC 777. 1.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder AR Penny. Late period, phase I, circa 915-920. London mint; Beahstan, moneyer. Small cross/two-line (HCT 1) type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
✠ EADVVEARD REX, small cross / BEAHS-TAN MO in two lines, ✠ above, three pellets below, ✠✠✠ between. CTCE 85; SCBI 26, 134; BMC 17; North 649; SCBC 1087. 1.47gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca. Second reign, 843/4-849/50. York mint; Eardwulf, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ EDILRED R[E?] around pellet within beaded circle / ✠ EΛRDVVLF around central motif within beaded circle. North 190; SCBC 868. 0.85gr, 13mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
