LOT 3760
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in Kent or East Anglia. Series C2, type 2b.
Radiate bust to right on pyramidal neck; Λ flanked by two annulets to left, annulet between Ts and runic apa to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, two Ts and two diagonal lines; tufa and symbols at sides. Abramson 4-30; MEC 8 Series Cb, 72-5; North 41; SCBC 779. Very Fine.(1.11gr, 11mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon. Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), "St Edmund Memorial" Coinage AR Penny. Circa 895-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
✠ [...]VCAI, large A / ✠[...]ACVI, small cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 961. 0.85gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Illegible inscription around central cross / Illegible inscription around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 0.50gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in northern Frisia. Struck under Radbod, King of Frisia. Series D, type 2c.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Crude bust to left; chevron behind, pseudo-Runic legend to left / Cross pommée, pellets in angles; annulet below, blundered legend around. North 168; SCBC 792. 0.83gr, 12mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
