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. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Coenred, moneyer. Phase II, group A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ VI6MVND • IP•EP around central cross / + LOENRED around central cross. North 196; SCBC 870. 1.01gr, 13mm, 6h.
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. 841-849/50. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
+ EDELRED REX around central cross with pellets in angles / + MOͶNE around central pellet. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 986; North 188; SCBC 865 and 868. 1.08gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 695-740. Series X; 'Wodan' head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £481
Radiate facing 'Wodan' head between small crosses; all within line and beaded border / Crested monster flying to left, head to right, tail raised to mouth, claws below; all within beaded border within double line border. SCBI 69, 339 var. (pellet on reverse); SCBC 797. 1.04gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
