LOT 3757
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 680-710. Series BX.
Diademed bust to right within beaded circle formed from the Ouroboros / Bird right atop cross pattée flanked by annulets, all within a beaded circle formed from the Ouroboros; legend around. SCBC 776. Very Fine.(1.22gr, 11mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
Property of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Uncertain King II AE Styca. 9th century AD. Uncertain moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Illegible inscription around central cross / Illegible inscription around central motif. Cf. SCBC 859-872. 0.50gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found North Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 690-710/5. Mint in northern Frisia (prob. Wijnaldum). Struck under Radbod, King of Frisia. Series D, type 8.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Cross pommée, pellets in two angles; blundered legend around / 'Standard' with degenerate T O T I I; tufa and crosses at sides. OdV&M type 8; Abramson 10-10; MEC 8 Series Db; North 163; SCBC 793. 1.25gr, 11mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Ireland. Hiberno-Norse, Sihtric III Olafsson PB Penny. Circa 1015-1035. Dublin mint.' Færemin,' moneyer. Phase II. Imitating Long Cross type of Æthelred II.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
S•IHTRIC REX DVFLIN, draped bust to left / FÆR-EMI N-M DV-[FLIN?], long voided cross with pellet at centre, hand in one angle. For prototype cf. SCBC 6129. 1.85gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Found London, UK, spoil, 1970s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
