LOT 3742
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. 757-796. Canterbury mint; Osmod, moneyer. Heavy coinage.
⁜ ꕺFFΛ RE※ within two lines; uncial m above, various pellets in fields / ⵙS:MOD between two lines, inverted uncial m with triangular symbol either side below, cross and bars pattern above, various pellets in fields. Chick type 239; North 320; SCBC 908. Very Fine. Toned.(1.24gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. 1042-1066. Lincoln(?) mint; Gife, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xi, Hild. G).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
[+ EADP?]AR-D RE[X], crowned bust to right, sceptre before / GIFE ⵙN [LINCOLNE?], voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.03gr, 20mm.
Fine. Broken and repaired.
English collection, 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular and Unattributed issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legend around central cross pattée / Legend around central motif. Cf. SCBC 872. 0.87gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
England. Norman, William I 'the Conqueror' AR Penny. Struck circa 1068-1070. Uncertain mint; uncertain moneyer. Bonnet type (BMC ii).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
[✠ PILLEMV]S [REX], crowned facing bust / ✠ GOL[...] ON COLEC(?), voided cross, with annulet at centre, pile in each quarter, and pellet-between-crescents at each end. North 842; SCBC 1251. 0.99gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Fine. Broken and repaired.
Found Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK, 2025. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0267.
