LOT 3756
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 670-675. Mint in Essex or East Anglia.
Diademed and draped bust to right in dotted circle / Dove standing to right on cross pattée; annulets flanking all within ouroboros; blundered legend around; three annulets(?) below. BMC Type 27b; Abramson B380; SCBC 777. Good Fine.(0.99gr, 11mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFound Tendering, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-0D75D2.
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LOT 3756
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in northern Frisia (prob. Wijnaldum). Struck under Radbod, King of Frisia. Series D, type 8.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Cross pommée, pellets in two angles; blundered legend around / 'Standard' with degenerate T O T I I; tufa and crosses at sides. OdV&M type 8; Abramson 10-10; MEC 8 Series Db; North 163; SCBC 793. 1.25gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 695-715/20. Mint in Frisia (Dorestad?). Series E, Secondary ('Kloster Barthe') phase, porcupine var. A (Type 4).
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
'Porcupine' to right / Standard with central annulet and chevrons and diagonal lines in opposite angles; symbols in margins. M&OdV pl. 23, 615-8; cf. Abramson 97.20 (for type); SCBC 790D. 0.81gr, 11mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 670/5-690. Mint in Kent. Series A2.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Radiate bust to right; TIC before, A and annulet behind / 'Standard' with TOT II; tufa above, pseudo-legend around. Abramson 3-30; MEC 8 Series Ab; North 40; SCBC 775. 1.20gr, 12mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
