LOT 3764
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 680-710. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series B1b.
Diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle, three pellets before; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets and pellets flanking; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around. EMC 1004.0040; Mefcalf 102; SCBC 776. Good Very Fine.(1.25gr, 12mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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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): £221
Crowned crude bust to right; uncertain Runic legend before / Cross pommée, pellets in angles; annulet below, chevrons and pellets around. SCBC 792. 1.22gr, 11mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Cut Halfpenny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint; Osmund, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
✠ ÆÐELR[...], draped bust to left / ✠ OS-MVN-[...], voided long cross. North 774; SCBC 1151. 0.65gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 675-690. Mint in Essex. Series BII.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Diademed bust to right, within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets flanking, small cross pattée to right; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 67-68; North 127b; SCBC 777. 1.20gr, 12mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Rare.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
