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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Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIAi, type 27b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Diademed head to right within ouroboros; marginal legend around / Bird standing to right upon cross; annulet to left and right; all within ouroboros; marginal legend around. SCBC 777. 1.23gr, 11mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Pertenhall, Bedfordshire, UK. UKFD record no.45913. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf I AR Penny. Struck 820. Rochester mint; Ealhstan, moneyer. Group III. Cross and wedge type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,560
✠ COENVVLF : REX m, diademed bust to right / + EALஃͶZTAH mOHT, cross pommée with wedges in each angle within inner circle. North 355/cn76; SCBC 917. 1.22gr, 20mm, 10h.
Very Fine. Beautiful iridescent toning.
Found in Breckland, Norfolk, UK, on Friday 22nd December 2023. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.NMS-F6E4AE. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2023.0536. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in northern Frisia. Struck under Radbod, King of Frisia. Series D, type 8.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Cross pommée; crude legend around / 'Standard' with degenerate T O T I I; tufa above. OdV&M type 8; Abramson 10-10; MEC 8 Series Db; North 163; SCBC 793. 1.10gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
