LOT 4272
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harthacnut AR Penny. Struck 1040-1042. Ipswich mint; Lifinc, moneyer. Arm and Sceptre type (BMC ii, Hild. B).
✠ HARÐ-CHVT RE, diademed bust to left, holding trefoil-tipped scepter / ✠ LIFINC ON GIPESPIEC, quadrilateral, with pellet in centre and angles, over voided short cross. North 811; SCBC 1168. Near Very Fine.(1.13gr, 19mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 4272
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harthacnut AR Penny.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. Hastings mint; Aeffward, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis type (BMC Vc, Hild. B).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ HAR-OLD REX, diademed bust to left in armor; before, shield and sceptre / ✠ ÆL-FPE:-RD O-N HÆS (N and H ligate), long voided cross with bases united by circle enclosing pellet; fleur-de-lis between two pellets in each angle. North 803; SCBC 1165. 1.12gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harthacnut AR Penny. Struck 1040-1042. Ipswich mint; Lifinc, moneyer. Arm and Sceptre type (BMC ii, Hild. B).
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
✠ HARÐ-CHVT RE, diademed bust to left, holding trefoil-tipped scepter / ✠ LIFINC ON GIPESPIEC, quadrilateral, with pellet in centre and angles, over voided short cross. North 811; SCBC 1168. 1.13gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Leofwold, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ EDELRED REX ANG, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LIOFPOLD N-O LVN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 0.86gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks on both sides.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
