LOT 3739
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. Circa 849/50-867. Wineberht moneyer.
+ OSBERCHT(retrograde) around central motif /+ VINIBERH•(retrograde) around central small cross with pellet in angles. North 191; SCBC 869. Very Fine.(1.09gr, 13mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1048-1050. Uncertain mint; Leofwine, moneyer. Small Flan type (BMC ii, Hild. B).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
EDPE-RD REX, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LEOFPINE ON [..?], voided short cross with pellet at centre. North 818; SCBC 1175. 0.94gr, 15mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Cut Halfpenny. Struck circa 1056-1059. Uncertain mint; Manna, moneyer. Sovereign/Eagles type (BMC ixa, Hild. H var.).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
EAD[...]LO •, Edward seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and globus cruciger / ✠ ΜΛΝΝΛ Ο[...], voided cross; martlets in quarters. North 827; SCBC 1181. 0.64gr, 20mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIb, type 27b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Crude diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets and pellets flanking; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around, three annulets below. EMC 2008.0149; Abramson 16.10 var. (four annulets around cross); SCBC 777. 1.16gr, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
