LOT 3798
Anglo-saxon. Secondary Phase AR Sceat. 710-760. Series G; Type 3a.
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. Extremely Fine.(0.97gr, 12mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx 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.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. 978-1016. Uncertain mint and moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Diademed and draped bust to left / Small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.08gr, 18mm.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria Aethelred II AE Styca. First reign, 841-843/4. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
+ EDILRED REX around central small cross / + MOͶNE around pellet-in-annulet. North 188; SCBC 865. 0.80gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eanred AE Styca. Struck circa 830-835. York mint; Herred, moneyer. Phase Ib.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
✠ EANRED REX around central small cross pattée within circle / ✠ HERRED • around central cross. Pirie 100; North 186; SCBC 860. 0.98gr, 13mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
