LOT 3267
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Secondary Phase, circa 710-760.
Uncertain mint. Series J, Type 85. Rigold BIIIb. Crude diademed head to right; large cross before / Bird standing to right on cross, pellet before; annulets and pellets flanking. Abramson 16-100; SCBI 67 (Abramson), -; cf. SCBC 802. Extremely Fine. Very rare.(1.18gr, 12mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, in the 1990s.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0146.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
York mint. Copying an issue for Æthelred II. + EDIEDED X (retrograde) around central small cross / Blundered retrograde legend around central small cross. North p. 72; SCBC 872. 0.75gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. Second reign, 843/4-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
York mint; Eardwulf(?), moneyer. + EDILRED RE (retrograde), central cross within dotted circle / + EA[...]LF (retrograde), central pellet within dotted circle. Cf. North 190; cf. SCBC 868. 0.93gr, 12mm, 11h.
Good Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
York mint; Aethelweard, moneyer. + VIGMVND IREP, small cross pattée / + EDILVEARD (retrograde), small cross pattée. Pirie 696; North 196; SCBC 870. 0.96gr, 13mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman.
