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, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. London mint; Wynsige, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,053
✠ HΛRO-LD REX, diademed bust to left / ✠ PYNSIGE OH LVNGN(sic) :, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. SCBI 40 (Stockholm) -; North 802; SCBC 1163. 0.97gr, 17mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wulfhere AE Styca. 849/50-855. Eoferwic (York) mint; Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
+ VLFHERE ABED (retrograde) around central cross pattée within pelleted annulet / + VVFERED around central pelleted cross. SCBC 871. 1.07gr, 13mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
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.
