LOT 3824
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. Snick or crack at 7h. Very Rare.(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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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Southwark mint, Aethelweard, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX (NG ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ÆÐELPERD M-O SVÐB, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.46gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Denmark. Godfred AR Penny. Circa 825-860 AD. Ribe mint. Head and Deer Type. Imitating a Wodan/Monster Sceatta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7,150
Bearded bust facing with crosses on cheeks, surrounded by four faces and symbols / Stylised deer with hatched body to right, head facing back to the left; below, symbols. KG 5. 0.90gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
Private collection formed in Europe in the 1980s. Westminster collection, central London, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1053-1056. York mint; Thorr, moneyer. Pointed Helmet type (BMC vii, Hild. F).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £650
✠ EDPER-D REX, helmeted and draped bust to right, holding cross-tipped sceptre / ✠ ÐORR ON EOFERPI, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet centre and triple crescent ends; annulet in first quarter. North 825; SCBC 1179. 1.38gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Detailed portrait.
Ex Spink and Sons Ltd. From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
