LOT 4263
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Primary series C.
Radiate bust to right, linear and beaded exergual lines, legend in runes before / Beaded standard containing 'ttii' arranged around central annulet; crosses at sides, Ts at corners. Cf. North 161; SCBC 779. Very Fine.(1.14gr, 11mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4263
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harold I Harefoot AR Penny. Struck circa 1038-1040. York mint; Godman, moneyer. Fleur-de-lis (BMC v, Hild. Ba).
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £400
✠ HΛRO-LD REX :, diademed bust to left; holding long fleur-de-lis sceptre in his right hand and shield in his left / ✠ GO-DMΛ-N O:-N EO, voided long cross; pellet in circle in centre, fleur-de-lis (composed of trefoils) in angles. North 803; SCBC 1164; EMC -. 0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished combination of mint and moneyer.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), St Edmund AR Penny. 885-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Gulcreo, moneyer. St. Edmund memorial coinage.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
✠ S C EADN' (horizontal S), large A / ✠ CVLCREO', small cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 960. 1.46gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Harthacnut AR Penny. Struck 1040-1042. Ipswich mint; Lifinc, moneyer. Arm and Sceptre type (BMC ii, Hild. B).
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
✠ HARÐ-CHVT RE, diademed bust to left, holding trefoil-tipped scepter / ✠ LIFINC ON GIPESPIEC, quadrilateral, with pellet in centre and angles, over voided short cross. North 811; SCBC 1168. 1.13gr, 19mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
