LOT 3740
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. Struck 849/50-circa 855. York mint; Eanwulf, moneyer. Phase II, group C.
+ OƧBEREH⊥E around central cross pattée / + EANVVLF around central pellet. Pirie 3.42g var. (motifs); SCBC 869. Near Very Fine.(1.32gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
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![Group of Five [5] Anglo-Saxon AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/239854-s.jpg)
Group of Five [5] Anglo-Saxon AE Coins. 9th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various kings. 4.76gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 690-715/20. Mint in southern Frisia. Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, plumed bird var. K (Type 6).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
'Plumed bird' to right / 'Standard' with pellet-in-annulet at centre, bars and pellets around; crosses and pellets in outer margin. M&OdV variety K; Abramson 87-30; North 49; SCBC 791. 1.02gr, 12mm.
Extremely Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK, before 1991. -
England. Norman, William I 'the Conqueror' AR Penny. Struck circa 1068-1070. Uncertain mint; uncertain moneyer. Bonnet type (BMC ii).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
[✠ PILLEMV]S [REX], crowned facing bust / ✠ GOL[...] ON COLEC(?), voided cross, with annulet at centre, pile in each quarter, and pellet-between-crescents at each end. North 842; SCBC 1251. 0.99gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Fine. Broken and repaired.
Found Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK, 2025. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0267.
