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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. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Coenred, moneyer. Phase II, group A.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ VI6MVND • IP•EP around central cross / + LOENRED around central cross. North 196; SCBC 870. 1.01gr, 13mm, 6h.
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 Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939. York mint. Ragnald / Reinald, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). ✠ EÐELSTΛͶ REx TO BRIΓ, small cross pattée; crescent and seven pellets in field / ✠ REGN•Λ•⊥•D•M• -o EFoRPIC, small cross pattée. North 672; SCBC 1093. 1.29gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Snick or crack at 7h. Very Rare.
Found near Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0078.
The title on the obverse REX TO BRIT is an abbreviation of REX TOTIUS BRITANNIAEl, which means 'King of All Britain'. Aethelstan assumed this title after the incorporation of the Kingdom of York into his southern English kingdom and the submission of all the rulers in Britain to his overlordship. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 695-740. Series X; 'Wodan' head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £481
Radiate facing 'Wodan' head between small crosses; all within line and beaded border / Crested monster flying to left, head to right, tail raised to mouth, claws below; all within beaded border within double line border. SCBI 69, 339 var. (pellet on reverse); SCBC 797. 1.04gr, 12mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found Weston Colville, Cambridgeshire, UK.
