LOT 4262
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa AD 680-710. Mint in East Anglia (Central Norfolk). Series BIIIA.
Diademed bust to right within ouroboros / Bird standing to right upon cross; annulets flanking; three pellets to upper right; all within ouroboros; legend around. North 127; SCBC 777A. Extremely Fine. Toned.(1.17gr, 13mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4262
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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Merovingians, Uncertain Early Continental AV Tremissis. Circa 600-675. Uncertain mint and moneyer. National series.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
(Cross-crosslet) OXVTCD (retrograde), diademed and draped bust to right / VVOD[...]X, cross pattée with pellets in fields within pelleted border. Unpublished in the major references, including MEC, Belfort and Prou, but recorded by EMC 2026.0314. 1.29gr, 13mm, 12h.
Very Fine. An unpublished Tremissis with a unique style.
Found near Normanton, Nottinghamshire, UK, 2nd October 2026. Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2026.0314. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. Hastings mint; Aeffward, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis type (BMC Vc, Hild. B).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ HAR-OLD REX, diademed bust to left in armor; before, shield and sceptre / ✠ ÆL-FPE:-RD O-N HÆS (N and H ligate), long voided cross with bases united by circle enclosing pellet; fleur-de-lis between two pellets in each angle. North 803; SCBC 1165. 1.12gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Romney Marsh area, Kent, 1990-2015. Property of a Kent gentleman. -
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Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas BI Sceat. Circa 730-750. Mint in East Anglia (South Suffolk). Wigraed. Series R10.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Radiate bust of crude style to right, annulet to either side of head, runic ᚹᛁᚷᛖᛞ (abbreviated WIGRD) before, annulet flanking Λ behind / Beaded standard containing TOTII legend, cross pommée on each side, diagonals at angles. North 165; SCBC 813A; EMC 2026.0173 (this coin). 0.83gr, 12mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine.
Found June 2026 close to West Stow, Suffolk, UK. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no.EMC 2026.0173. Recorded by British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-CEEA93.
