LOT 3814
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4. York mint; Alghere, moneyer. Phase II, Group B.
✠ AEDILRED Rx(ligate) around central small cross pattée / ✠ AL·GHERE around central small cross pattée. Pirie 3.16a-b; North 188; SCBC 865. Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.(0.74gr, 13mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3814
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 895-918. Mint in East Anglia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
✠ SC EADMIIDPE (retrograde), large A between pellets / ✠ [?] OIYIICNIYION (retrograde), cross pattée. Cf. SCBC 960. 1.36gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First or second reign, 841-843/4 and 843/4-849/50. Leofthegn, moneyer. Phase IIa, 'Special Motifs'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
✠ AE∂ELRE∂ REX around geometric 'swastika' design / ✠ LEOF∂EςN around central pellet. SCBI 69, 981; North 188 (vol.I, pl.II, 26); SCBC 866A. 0.96gr, 14mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right; three pellets in body / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, four lines and triad of pellets around.; all within beaded circle; cross and symbol in margins. Cf. North 48; SCBC 790C. 1.12gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
