LOT 3759
Anglo-saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 680-710. Series BIIIA, type 27a.
Triple diademed bust to right, within anticlockwise beaded ouroboros, triad of pellets before; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets flanking, triad of pellets to right; all within anticlockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around. BMC Type 27; Abramson 71ff; North 126; SCBC 777. Good Very Fine. Rare.(1.13gr, 12mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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LOT 3759
Anglo-saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Coenred, moneyer. Phase II, Group A.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
+ COENRED around pelleted cross / + VIGMVND IREP' around central small cross pattée. North 196; SCBC 870. 1.21gr, 13mm, 4h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Hunlaf, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ VIGMVND IR ⁝ (partially retrograde) around central beaded motif / ✠ HVNLAF around central small cross pattée. North 196; SCBC 870. 1.11gr, 13mm, 3h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right; three pellets in body / Standard with central pellet-in-annulet, four lines and triad of pellets around.; all within beaded circle; cross and symbol in margins. Cf. North 48; SCBC 790C. 1.12gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
