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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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. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Osberht AE Styca. Struck 849/50-circa 855. York mint; Eanwulf, moneyer. Phase II, group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
+ OƧBEREH⊥E around central cross pattée / + EANVVLF around central pellet. Pirie 3.42g var. (motifs); SCBC 869. 1.32gr, 13mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular and Unattributed issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legend around central cross pattée / Legend around central motif. Cf. SCBC 872. 0.87gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
