LOT 3281
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. Second Reign, 843/4-849/50.
York mint; Wulfred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX, small central cross / + VVLFRED small central cross. North 190; SCBC 868. Very Fine.(1.01gr, 12mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3281
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
York mint; Aethelweard, moneyer. + VIGMVND IREP, small cross pattée / + EDILVEARD (retrograde), small cross pattée. Pirie 696; North 196; SCBC 870. 0.96gr, 13mm, 10h.
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 Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. 1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.
Found near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
York mint; Wulfred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX around central cross / + VVEFͶED around central cross. Pirie 979-990 var. (legends); North 188; SCBC 868. 0.68gr, 11mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
