LOT 3758
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. North 124/126 (obv./rev.); SCBC 776/777 (same). Very Fine.(1.13gr, 12mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3758
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. Secondary Phase AR Sceat. 710-760. Series G; Type 3a.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Diademed bust to right holding in front short cross, within pelleted border / Standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within beaded square. SCBC 800; Abramson 21; North 43. 0.97gr, 12mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK. Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569 (part). Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents. -
Anglo-Saxon, Gold Thrymsa Blank Cut Half. Circa 620-645.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Blank / Blank. 1.28gr, 13mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-715/20. Mint in southern Frisia. Series E, Primary ('Ashton Rowant') phase, plumed bird var. J (Type 6).
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
'Plumed bird' to right; cross beneath beak / 'Standard' with pellet-in-annulet at centre, bars and pellets around; [crosses and pellets in margin?]. Cf. SCBI 69 (Abramson) 197; Abramson 87-30; North 49; SCBC 791. 1.09gr, 12mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
