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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LOT 3762
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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Ireland. Hiberno-Norse, Sihtric III Olafsson PB Penny. Circa 1015-1035. Dublin mint.' Færemin,' moneyer. Phase II. Imitating Long Cross type of Æthelred II.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £140
S•IHTRIC REX DVFLIN, draped bust to left / FÆR-EMI N-M DV-[FLIN?], long voided cross with pellet at centre, hand in one angle. For prototype cf. SCBC 6129. 1.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found London, UK, spoil, 1970s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
+ EVRDVVF, central cross / + EVRDVLEH(?) (retrograde), central pellet. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 1.01gr, 13mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 710/5-720/5. Mint in east Kent or the lower Thames region. Series N, type 41b.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Two standing figures with elongated limbs, pellet cross between their faces, each holding long cross / Monster to left, head reverted; pellets around. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 576; North 99; SCBC 806. 1.13gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
