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LOT 3273
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Styca. 737-758.
York mint. E◊TBERHTVΓ around central small cross / Quadruped standing to left, raising foreleg. North 177; SCBC 847. Near Fine.(0.71gr, 12mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Blundered legend around central motif / Blundered legend around central small cross. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 1.05gr, 12mm, 10h.
Very Fine
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Secondary Phase, circa 710-760.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Uncertain mint. Series J, Type 85. Rigold BIIIb. Crude diademed head to right; large cross before / Bird standing to right on cross, pellet before; annulets and pellets flanking. Abramson 16-100; SCBI 67 (Abramson), -; cf. SCBC 802. 1.18gr, 12mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, in the 1990s. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0146. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. 1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.
Found near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043.
