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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LOT 3764
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £150 - 200€170 - 230 (for guidance only)$200 - 270 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 700-710. Mint in Kent.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Radiate bust to right; Runic AEPA before / 'Standard' with central pellet-in-annulet, Ts and lines; cross above, fantail below, symbols at sides. SCBC 779. 1.13gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695/700-710/5. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad?). Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, porcupine var. D (Type 4).
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
'Porcupine' to right; cross below, annulet at end of tail / 'Standard' with central annulet; pseudo-legend around. Abramson 90.10; SCBC 790B. 1.07gr, 12mm, 12h.
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*)
Bids: 1 | Current 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.
