LOT 3823
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Wessex, Aethelstan AR Penny. 924-939. Norwich mint; Burhelm, moneyer. Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC viii).
✠ ÆÐELSTAN REX T •, crowned and draped bust to right / ✠ BYRDEL MO ͶORÐP, small cross pattée. North 675; SCBC 1095. Near Very Fine.(1.57gr, 21mm. 12h.).
ProvenanceFound near Euston, Thetford, Suffolk, UK.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0237.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 840/1-843/4. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
+ EDILRED X around central small cross / + MOͶNE around central pellet within pelleted circle. SCBI Lyon 300 var. (reverse motif); North 188; SCBC 865. 0.86gr, 11mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 730-740/5. Mint in Essex or Kent. Series L, type 18.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Diademed and draped bust to right; long cross pommée to right / Figure standing facing in crescent boat, holding cross pommée and hawk; perch to lower right. North 72; SCBC 804F. 0.77gr, 11mm, 4h.
Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
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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.
