LOT 3795
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatt. Circa 720-735/50. Hamwic mint. Series H, type 49.
Wodan' head within pelleted border; around, seven pellet-in-annulets / Bird standing to right; pellet-in-annulet above, short cross pommée to right. Abramson 48-530; MEC 8 Series Hc; North 103; SCBC 801A. Very Fine.(0.86gr, 12mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFound near Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, UK.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Anglo-Saxon. Archbishops of York, Wigmund AE Styca. 837-849/50. York mint; Edilueard, moneyer. Phase II, Group C.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
✠ VIGͶVͶD ΛPEP around central cross / ✠ EDILVEΛPD around central cross. North 196; SCBC 870. 0.72gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. Southwark mint, Aethelweard, moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
✠ ÆÐELRÆD REX ANGLOX (NG ligate), draped bust to left; trefoil-tipped sceptre before / ✠ ÆÐELPERD M-O SVÐB, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.46gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Fine. Pierced.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Cnut AR Penny. Struck circa 1029-1035. Stamford mint; Leofdaeg, moneyer. Short Cross type (BMC xvi, Hild. H).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
✠ CNV-•T REX (NV ligate), diademed and draped bust to left, lis-tipped sceptre before / +✠ LEOFEDÆI • ON STA, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in centre. North 790; SCBC 1159. 0.99gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
