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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, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1059-1062. York mint; Thorr, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
EDPARD-D REX, crowned bust to right, sceptre before / ✠ ÐORR ON EOFERPI, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in fourth quarter. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eanred AE Styca. Struck 837-841. York mint; Brodr, moneyer. Phase IIc.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
+ EAИRD REX around central motif / + BRODR around pellet-in-annulet. North 186; SCBC 862. 0.84gr, 14mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceatt. 737-758. York mint. Class F.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
E◊TBERHTVƧ around central pellet within beaded border / Heraldic quadruped standing to right, raising foreleg; triquetra below. Pirie, Guide 2.1g; North 177; SCBC 847. 0.99gr, 13mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no.2025.0310.
