LOT 3293
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Burgred AR Penny. 852-874.
Uncertain mint. Hereferth, moneyer. Lunettes Unbroken type. Phase III, struck circa 868/70-874. BVRGR[...], diademed and draped bust to right / [...]EREFER across central field; Ð MoN-[...] in lunettes above and below. North 423; cf. SCBC 942B. Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.(0.56gr, 18mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound near Cotham, Nottinghamshire, UK.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0077.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of all England, Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny. 978-1016.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A). Struck 1009-1017. [...]ÆD REX ANG[...], diademed and draped bust to left / [...]ÐESTAN O[...], small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 0.86gr, 20mm.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria AE Styca. Circa 843-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain king. Legend around floral pattern / Legend around pellet in beaded circle. Cf. SCBC 872. 0.61gr, 11mm.
Near Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 715/20-740.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Series E, variety E. 'Porcupine' with snout and no legs to right, enclosing numerous pellets / Beaded 'standard' with lines and pellets around pellet-in-annulet. Cf. Abramson 99-15; SCBC 790D. 1.09gr, 12mm.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
