LOT 3799
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceatt. 737-758. York mint. Class F.
E◊TBERHTVƧ around central pellet within beaded border / Heraldic quadruped standing to right, raising foreleg; triquetra below. Pirie, Guide 2.1g; North 177; SCBC 847. Good Very Fine.(0.99gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no.2025.0310.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1017. London mint; Aedwald, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGL•OR, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ EADPOLD MON LVND, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.33gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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. -
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1017-1023. York mint; Osgot, moneyer. Quatrefoil type (BMC viii, Hild. E).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
✠ CNVT REX •Λ•NGLOR•, crowned and draped bust to left within quatrefoil / :✠ O:-SGO-T M-O EO, voided long cross with pellet at centre; all over quatrefoil. North 781; SCBC 1157. 1.01gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
