LOT 3762
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 680-710. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BX.
Diademed bust to right, within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets flanking; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 56 (series BI A/C); North 124; SCBC 776. Very Fine. Edge chipped.(1.29gr, 13mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed and draped bust to left / Small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.08gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-circa 740. Series X. Woden Head type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
Facing 'Woden' head / Crested 'dragon' monster to left with head back grasping tail in jaws. SCBC 797; North 117; cf. SCBI 63 (BM Anglo-Saxon I), 446-453; British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-C02E9E (this coin). 1.03gr, 12mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Scarce.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIb, type 27b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Crude diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; two annulets to right and one to left; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around, three annulets below. Cf. EMC 2012.0244; North 126; SCBC 777. 1.19gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
