LOT 3743
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. Struck circa 810-821. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Large portrait type.
[✠ CO]ENVVLF REX m, diademed and draped bust to right / ✠ [SVVEF]HERD MONETΛ, cross fourchée with pellets in angles. Naismith C43e; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 571; North 353; SCBC 916. Good Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped. Rare.(0.99gr, 21mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck circa 1056-1059. Uncertain mint; Manna, moneyer. Sovereign/Eagles type (BMC ixa, Hild. H var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
EAD[...]LO •, Edward seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and globus cruciger / ✠ ΜΛΝΝΛ Ο[...], voided cross; martlets in quarters. North 827; SCBC 1181. 0.64gr, 20mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 757-796. Canterbury mint; Osmod, moneyer. Heavy coinage.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,950
⁜ ꕺFFΛ RE※ within two lines; uncial m above, various pellets in fields / ⵙS:MOD between two lines, inverted uncial m with triangular symbol either side below, cross and bars pattern above, various pellets in fields. Chick type 239; North 320; SCBC 908. 1.24gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 690-715/20. Mint in southern Frisia. Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, plumed bird var. K (Type 6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
'Plumed bird' to right / 'Standard' with pellet-in-annulet at centre, bars and pellets around; crosses and pellets in outer margin. M&OdV variety K; Abramson 87-30; North 49; SCBC 791. 1.02gr, 12mm.
Extremely Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK, before 1991.
