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. Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria), Sihtric I Caoch AR Penny. 921-927. Uncertain mint; Albert, moneyer. Sword / Hammer type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,750
SIHTR-IC REX above and beneath sword to right / ✠ ALBERT • MOT (BE ligate), upright Thor's hammer, three crescents around. SCBI 4 (Copenhagen) -; North 536; SCBC 1013. 1.06gr, 20mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Wavy flan. Toned. Exceedingly rare; apparently the first example in the market.
Found Hagworthingham, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK, on 18 May 2025. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0245. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.LIN-DD54DB.
EMC note: A previously unrecorded moneyer in Sihtric I's Sword / T type (North 536). Designated by PAS as a find of note and of Regional importance. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4. York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
+ EDELRED RE around central cross with pellets in angles(?) / + LEOFDEJИ around central small cross. North 188; SCBC 865. 0.95gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase Pale AV Thrymsa. Circa 665/70-670/5. 'Pada' series.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,860
Diademed bust to right; legend around / PADA (in Runic), three crescents above, in beaded circle; legend around. North 154; SCBC 769. 0.96gr, 11mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Alloy with 12% gold (by XRF).
Found near Rouen, France, 1950s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian collector.
