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)
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck 1035-circa 1038. York mint; Styrkollr, moneyer. Jewel Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
✠ HARO:-LD REX., diademed bust to left / ✠ STIRCOL ON EOFRPIC :, cross composed of four ovals united at base by two concentric circles enclosing a pellet. North 802; SCBC 1163. 1.08gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Aelfred, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
+ ÆÐELRED REX : ANGLO, diademed and draped bust to left / + ⱯVLFRED ON LVDEN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.66gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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 Unpublished in the major references, including MEC, Belfort and Prou, but recorded by EMC 2026.0314. 1.29gr, 13mm, 12h.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 An unpublished Tremissis with a unique style.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.
