LOT 3809
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca. Second reign, 843/4-849/50. York mint; Eardwulf, moneyer.
+ EDILRED REX around central short cross within plain border / + EΛRDVVLF around central five-pointed star within beaded border. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 961 var. (central motifs); North 190; SCBC 868. Near Very Fine.(0.74gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3809
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. Circa 780-792/3. London mint; Ceolheard, moneyer.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type. + OFFA REX +, draped and cuirassed bust to right; all within inner and outer beaded circles / + CI◊L HAR∂ around coiled serpent-like creature within beaded inner and outer circles. Chick type 18; SCBI 67 (BM) 56-7; North 317; SCBC 905; cf. CNG 5628037 (hammer USD 27,500). 1.17gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only other three complete examples recorded by the EMC.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson on 3rd April 2024; Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0140. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck circa 1059-1062. Eoferwic (York) mint; Snaebjorn, moneyer. Hammer Cross type (BMC xia, Hild. G var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
✠ EΛDPΛRD D RE, crowned bust to right, sceptre before / ✠ SNEBORN ON EOF, voided cross, arms terminating in inward-facing crescents; annulet in first quarter. North 828; SCBC 1182. 1.30gr, 19mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
+ E[...]EDE(?) (retrograde), central cross / Illegible legend around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 1.24gr, 14mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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