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. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. 849/50-867. York mint; Uiniberht, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
+ OSBʁEHE around central cross within dotted circle / VVNIBEʁH around central cross within dotted circle. Pirie 1261 var. (legends); North 191; SCBC 869. 1.11gr, 12mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939. York mint. Ragnald / Reinald, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
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. Snick or crack at 7h. Very Rare.
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.
