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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LOT 3293
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Burgred AR Penny.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Penny. 1042-1066.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
York mint; Arngrimr, moneyer. Small Flan type (BMC ii, Hild. B). Struck circa 1048-1050. ✠ EDPE-RD RE, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ ARNGRI ON EOFR (NG and N E ligate), voided short cross; annulet in second quarter. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 855 var. (ON EO); North 818; SCBC 1175. 0.90gr, 14mm, 4h.
Fine.
Found by Robin Sykes in Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000. Recorded with Craig Barclay at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by a Metal Detecting Finds, Coin Record Sheet -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mint in East Anglia. Series R. Crude bust to right with C-shaped ear; to left, Λ flanked by annulets; annulet and legend in runic to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses on each side, radiating line on each corner. Abrsamson 11–120 var. (legend); cf. Metcalf 403-6 (for similar legend); North -; SCBC 813A. 0.83gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Anglo-Viking. Danish East Anglia, St. Edmund Memorial Coinage AR Penny. 885-915.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Mint in East Anglia. Rodul, moneyer. ✠ ᔕC E•Λ•DIYI, large A within wreath / ✠ RODᗡ•L•II, small cross pattée within wreath. North 483; SCBC 961. NGC graded AU DETAILS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (#6945305-039).
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
