LOT 3810
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First or second reign, 841-843/4 and 843/4-849/50. York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer.
+ EDELRED REX around central ω / + LEOFDEJИ around central short cross pattée within plain border. Pagan, "The Bolton Percy Hoard of 1967," in BNJ 43 (1973), 201; Pirie, Guide 3.10i; North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. Near Very Fine.(1.07gr, 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 3810
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Leofweald, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
✠ ÆDELRÆD REX ANGLORX (OR ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ LEOFPOLD M-O PIN, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Repaired.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. 849/50-867. York mint; Uiniberht, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
+ OSBʁEHE around central cross within dotted circle / VVNIBEʁH around central cross within dotted circle. Pirie 1261 var. (legends); North 191; SCBC 869. 1.11gr, 12mm, 12h.
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 Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939. Norwich mint; Burhelm, moneyer. Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC viii).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,470
✠ ÆÐELSTAN REX T •, crowned and draped bust to right / ✠ BYRDEL MO ͶORÐP, small cross pattée. North 675; SCBC 1095. 1.57gr, 21mm. 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Euston, Thetford, Suffolk, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0237.
