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. 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-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas Fourrée Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Series QIA, var. 1. Two figures standing facing, holding long cross in outer hands / Quadruped crouching to left, head to right, tail raised, claws below; pellets in fields. For prototype cf. Abramson 63.10; SCBC 808. 0.73gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
York mint; Eanred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX around central cross pattée / (Cross patonce) AͶRED around central cross pattée with pellets in angles. Pirie 1383; North 188; SCBC 865. 0.83gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
