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 Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. Struck 849/50-circa 855. York mint; Eanwulf, moneyer. Phase II, group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ OƧBEREH⊥E around central cross pattée / + EANVVLF around central pellet. Pirie 3.42g var. (motifs); SCBC 869. 1.32gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca. Second reign, 843/4-849/50. York mint; Eardwulf, moneyer. Phase IIci.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
+ EDILRED REX around central short cross within beaded circle / + EΛRDVVLF around pellet within beaded circle. North 190; SCBC 868. 1.15gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wulfhere AE Styca. 849/50-855. Eoferwic (York) mint; Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
+ VLFHERE ABED (retrograde) around central cross pattée within pelleted annulet / + VVFERED around central pelleted cross. SCBC 871. 1.07gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
