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LOT 3825
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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✠ EANRED REX around central small cross pattée / ✠ ODILO around central small cross pattée. North 186; SCBC 862. 1.05gr, 12mm, 6h.
Good 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. 978-1016. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
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Diademed and draped bust to left / Small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.08gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. London mint; Eadric, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
HA-R•O•LD REX, diademed bust to left / ✠ ENRIC ON LVNDEN, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. Cf. SCBI 40 (Stockholm), 408-10; North 802; SCBC 1163. 1.12gr, 18mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine to Extremely Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
