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 Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceatta. 737-758.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
EDTBEREҺTVF around small cross pattée / Stylised quadruped with long tail and raised foreleg to left. North 178; SCBC 847. NGC graded AU DETAILS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (#6945305-030).
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
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. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
York mint; Hunlaf, moneyer. + VIGMVND IR•(?) (retrograde) around central cross / + HVNLAF• (retrograde) around central pellet in circle of pellets. Cf. Pirie 919; cf. SCBI 69, 1057-9; SCBC 870. 0.90gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
