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LOT 3505
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 757-796.
London mint. Circa 780-792/3. Ceolheard, moneyer. Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type. + OFFA REX +, draped and cuirassed bust to right; all within inner and outer beaded circles / + CI◊L HAR∂ around coiled serpent-like creature within beaded inner and outer circles. Chick type 18; SCBI 67 (BM) 56-7; North 317; SCBC 905; cf. CNG 5628037 (hammer USD 27,500). Very Fine. Extremely rare; only other three complete examples recorded by the EMC.(1.17gr, 16mm, 9h).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson on 3rd April 2024;
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0140.
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LOT 3505
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny.
Estimate £5,000 - 7,000€5,800 - 8,120 (for guidance only)$6,750 - 9,450 (for guidance only)
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England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
Totnes mint. Crux type, 991-997. Beorhtwine, moneyer. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLOX, bare-headed draped bust to left with sceptre in front in solid inner circle / +BTRHTPINE MEO TOTA with NE ligated and E reversed, voided short cross, CRVX in angles, in solid inner circle. BEH 3838; North 770; SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 1256; SCBI 51 (Estonia), 100; SCBC 1148. 1.21gr, 12mm, 9h
Very Fine. Flan crack at 3h. Viking peck marks.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. AD 1042-1066.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Stamford, Brunwine. Pacx type, AD 1042-1044. Diademed bust to left, sceptre before / +BRINI ON ST: AN:, voided long cross extending from central annulet, limbs terminating with a crescent, a letter of PACX in each angle. B.M.C IV; N 813; SCBC 1171. 0.84gr, 17mm, 1h
Good Fine. Flan crack at 1h. Very rare; only five similar coins recorded on the Early Medieval Corpus (EMC) at the Fitzwilliam museum.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 757-796.
Estimate: £5,000 - 7,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £2,500
London mint. Circa 780-792/3. Ceolheard, moneyer. Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type. + OFFA REX +, draped and cuirassed bust to right; all within inner and outer beaded circles / + CI◊L HAR∂ around coiled serpent-like creature within beaded inner and outer circles. Chick type 18; SCBI 67 (BM) 56-7; North 317; SCBC 905; cf. CNG 5628037 (hammer USD 27,500). 1.17gr, 16mm, 9h
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only other three complete examples recorded by the EMC.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson on 3rd April 2024; Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0140.
