LOT 3800
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht with Archbishop Ecgberht AR Sceatt. 737-758. York mint.
E◊TBEREhTVΓ around central small cross pattée / ECςBERhT, mitred figure standing facing, head to right, holding long cross and crozier. Pirie, Guide 2.2a-c; North 192; SCBC 852. Very Fine.(0.90gr, 13mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFound near York, Yorkshire, UK.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0311.
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LOT 3800
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht with Archbishop Ecgberht AR Sceatt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 979-985. Winceastre (Winchester) mint; Aethelstan, moneyer. First Hand type (BMC iia, Hild. B1).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ΛNGL ORX (OR ligate), draped bust to right / ✠ ÆÐESTΛN M–O PINTONI, Manus Dei descending from clouds; barred Λ ധ flanking. North 766; SCBC 1144. 1.48gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695/700-715. Mint in Frisia (Domburg?). Series D, type 2c.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Radiate bust to right; traces of Runic AEPA before / Short cross pommée, with pellet in each quarter; various ornaments around. North 163; SCBC 792. 1.08gr, 11mm, 3h.
Very fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, 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.
