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LOT 3819
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. Circa 780-792/3. London mint; 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 3819
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny.
Estimate £3,000 - 4,000€3,480 - 4,640 (for guidance only)$4,050 - 5,400 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 720-735/50. Hamwic mint. Series H, type 49.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Wodan' head within pelleted border; around, seven pellet-in-annulets / Bird standing to right; pellet-in-annulet above, short cross pommée to right. Abramson 48-530; MEC 8 Series Hc; North 103; SCBC 801A. 0.86gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Found near Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. 849/50-867. York mint; Uiniberht, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
+ OSBʁEHE around central cross within dotted circle / VVNIBEʁH around central cross within dotted circle. Pirie 1261 var. (legends); North 191; SCBC 869. 1.11gr, 12mm, 12h.
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. First or second reign, 841-843/4 and 843/4-849/50. York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
+ EDELRED REX around central ω / + LEOFDEJИ around central short cross pattée within plain border. Pagan, "The Bolton Percy Hoard of 1967," in BNJ 43 (1973), 201; Pirie, Guide 3.10i; North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. 1.07gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
