LOT 3272
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht AR Styca. 737-758.
York mint. ΓVTEREBT◊E (retrograde) around central small cross / Heraldic quadruped standing to right, raising foreleg; small cross beneath tail, [triquetra?] below. North 177; SCBC 847; cf. EMC 2010.0031. Fine. Rare with king's name retrograde.(0.87gr, 13mm, 6h.).
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 AE Styca. Circa 843-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain king. Legend around floral pattern / Legend around pellet in beaded circle. Cf. SCBC 872. 0.61gr, 11mm.
Near Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
In the name of Eanred. Uncertain moneyer. + EANR REX around central pelleted cross / Blundered legend around uncertain central motif. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 0.68gr, 13mm, 3h.
Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
