LOT 3292
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.
London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.(1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Burgred AR Penny. 852-874.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
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. 0.56gr, 18mm, 2h.
Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped.
Found near Cotham, Nottinghamshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0077. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
In the name of Eanred. Uncertain moneyer. + EANR REX around central pelleted cross / Blundered legend around uncertain central motif. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 0.68gr, 13mm, 3h.
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, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Uncertain moneyer. + E[...]E (retrograde), central cross / +[...]REV[...] (retrograde), central pellet withing dotted circle. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 0.52gr, 10mm.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
