LOT 3820
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle.
North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.(1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.).
Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536.
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LOT 3820
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny.
Estimate £2,500 - 3,500€2,900 - 4,060 (for guidance only)$3,380 - 4,730 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1017-1023. York mint; Osgot, moneyer. Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
✠ CNVT REX •Λ•NGLOR•, crowned and draped bust to left within quatrefoil / :✠ O:-SGO-T M-O EO, voided long cross with pellet at centre; all over quatrefoil. North 781; SCBC 1157. 1.01gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 979-985. Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Aethelstan, moneyer. First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL ORX (OR ligate), draped bust to right / ✠ ÆÐESTΛN M–O PINTONI, Manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ധ flanking. North 766; SCBC 1144. 1.48gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eanred AE Styca. Circa 837-841. York mint; Brodr, moneyer. Phase II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ EAHRED REX around central pellet / + BRODR around central pellet. Pirie 133; North 186; SCBC 862. 1.42gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
