LOT 3271
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceatta. 737-758.
EDTBEREҺTVF around small cross pattée / Stylised quadruped with long tail and raised foreleg to left. North 178; SCBC 847. (NGC graded AU DETAILS ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE (#6945305-030).).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 3271
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Sceatta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
York mint. Ragnald / Reinald, moneyer. Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). ✠ EÐELSTΛͶ REx TO BRIΓ, small cross pattée; crescent and seven pellets in field / ✠ REGN•Λ•⊥•D•M• -o EFoRPIC, small cross pattée. North 672; SCBC 1093. 1.29gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.
Found near Cotham, Newark, Nottinghamshire, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0078.
The title on the obverse REX TO BRIT is an abbreviation of REX TOTIUS BRITANNIAEl, which means 'King of All Britain'. Aethelstan assumed this title after the incorporation of the Kingdom of York into his southern English kingdom and the submission of all the rulers in Britain to his overlordship. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. Second reign, 843/4-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
York mint; Eardwulf(?), moneyer. + EDILRED RE (retrograde), central cross within dotted circle / + EA[...]LF (retrograde), central pellet within dotted circle. Cf. North 190; cf. SCBC 868. 0.93gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mint in East Anglia. Series R. Crude bust to right with C-shaped ear; to left, Λ flanked by annulets; annulet and legend in runic to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses on each side, radiating line on each corner. Abrsamson 11–120 var. (legend); cf. Metcalf 403-6 (for similar legend); North -; SCBC 813A. 0.83gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
