LOT 3294
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939.
York mint. Ragnald / Reinald, moneyer. 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. Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 7h.(1.29gr, 20mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFound 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.
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LOT 3294
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mint in East Anglia. Series R. Crude bust to right with C-shaped ear; to left, Λ flanked by annulets; annulet and legend in runic to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses on each side, radiating line on each corner. Abrsamson 11–120 var. (legend); cf. Metcalf 403-6 (for similar legend); North -; SCBC 813A. 0.83gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Penny. 1042-1066.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
York mint; Arngrimr, moneyer. Small Flan type (BMC ii, Hild. B). Struck circa 1048-1050. ✠ EDPE-RD RE, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ ARNGRI ON EOFR (NG and N E ligate), voided short cross; annulet in second quarter. SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 855 var. (ON EO); North 818; SCBC 1175. 0.90gr, 14mm, 4h.
Fine.
Found by Robin Sykes in Sutton-on-the-Forest, North Yorkshire, UK, in March 2000. Recorded with Craig Barclay at the Yorkshire Museum. Accompanied by a Metal Detecting Finds, Coin Record Sheet -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Monne, moneyer. + EDILRED around central pelleted cross / + MO[NN]E, central pellet within dotted circle. North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. 1.11gr, 12mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
