LOT 3286
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
York mint. Copying an issue for Æthelred II. + EDIEDED X (retrograde) around central small cross / Blundered retrograde legend around central small cross. North p. 72; SCBC 872. Very Fine.(0.75gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010.
From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3286
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
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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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
York mint. Copying an issue for Aethelred II. + EDILRED (retrograde) small cross within dotted circle / Blundered legend around stellate pattern. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 0.61gr, 12mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
York mint; Hunlaf, moneyer. + VIGMVND IR•(?) (retrograde) around central cross / + HVNLAF• (retrograde) around central pellet in circle of pellets. Cf. Pirie 919; cf. SCBI 69, 1057-9; SCBC 870. 0.90gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
