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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 Northumbria, Eadberht with Archbishop Ecgberht AR Sceatt. 737-758. York mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
E◊TBEREhTVΓ around central small cross pattée / ECςBERhT, mitred figure standing facing, head to right, holding long cross and crozier. Pirie, Guide 2.2a-c; North 192; SCBC 852. 0.90gr, 13mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found near York, Yorkshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0311. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855. In the name of Eanred. Wulfred, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
+ EΛRDVVE[X?], central small cross with pellets in angles / + VVLFRED (retrograde), central cross. SCBC 872. 0.95gr, 11mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.. -
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.
