LOT 3279
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50.
York mint; Wulfred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX around central cross / + VVEFͶED around central cross. Pirie 979-990 var. (legends); North 188; SCBC 868. Near Very Fine.(0.68gr, 11mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3279
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Monne, moneyer. + EDILRED around central pelleted cross / + MO[NN]E, central pellet within dotted circle. North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. 1.11gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near 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 All England, Edward the Confessor AR Penny. 1042-1066.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
York mint; Arngrimr, moneyer. Small Flan type (BMC ii, Hild. B). Struck circa 1048-1050. ✠ EDPE-RD RE, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ ARNGRI ON EOFR (NG and N E ligate), voided short cross; annulet in second quarter. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 855 var. (ON EO); North 818; SCBC 1175. 0.90gr, 14mm, 4h.
Fine.
Found by Robin Sykes in Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000. Recorded with Craig Barclay at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by a Metal Detecting Finds, Coin Record Sheet -
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.
