LOT 3815
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4. York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer.
+ EDELRED RE around central cross with pellets in angles(?) / + LEOFDEJИ around central small cross. North 188; SCBC 865. Near Very Fine.(0.95gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3815
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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Denmark. Godfred AR Penny. Circa 825-860 AD. Ribe mint. Head and Deer Type. Imitating a Wodan/Monster Sceatta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Bearded bust facing with crosses on cheeks, surrounded by four faces and symbols / Stylised deer with hatched body to right, head facing back to the left; below, symbols. KG 5. 0.90gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
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. Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria), Sihtric I Caoch AR Penny. 921-927. Uncertain mint; Albert, moneyer. Sword / Hammer type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22,750
SIHTR-IC REX above and beneath sword to right / ✠ ALBERT • MOT (BE ligate), upright Thor's hammer, three crescents around. SCBI 4 (Copenhagen) -; North 536; SCBC 1013. 1.06gr, 20mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Wavy flan. Toned. Exceedingly rare; apparently the first example in the market.
Found Hagworthingham, near Spilsby, Lincolnshire, UK, on 18 May 2025. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0245. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme report no.LIN-DD54DB.
EMC note: A previously unrecorded moneyer in Sihtric I's Sword / T type (North 536). Designated by PAS as a find of note and of Regional importance.
