LOT 3269
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Mint in East Anglia. Series R. Crude bust to right with C-shaped ear; to left, Λ flanked by annulets; annulet and legend in runic to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses on each side, radiating line on each corner. Abrsamson 11–120 var. (legend); cf. Metcalf 403-6 (for similar legend); North -; SCBC 813A. Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.(0.83gr, 12mm, 9h.).
ProvenanceFound Nottinghamshire, UK.
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LOT 3269
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. 796-821.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,600
London mint. Wigheard, moneyer. Tribrach type. Struck 798-805. + Cꕺ•ENVV•LF R•EX, Mercian M with horizontal line above; all within pelleted circle / VVI-GHA-RD within angles of tribrach moline. Naismith L15c&e; North 342; SCBC 914. 1.40gr, 20mm, 2h.
Extremely Fine. Well-centred with an amazing iridescent toning. Apparently the only issue of Wigheard of London for Coenwulf.
Found near Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK, on 22 December 2024. Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0043. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 730-750.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Mint in East Anglia. Series R. Crude bust to right with C-shaped ear; to left, Λ flanked by annulets; annulet and legend in runic to right / 'Standard' with central annulet, chevrons in upper corners, diagonal lines in lower; crosses on each side, radiating line on each corner. Abrsamson 11–120 var. (legend); cf. Metcalf 403-6 (for similar legend); North -; SCBC 813A. 0.83gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unrecorded legend.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria AE Styca. Circa 843-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain king. Legend around floral pattern / Legend around pellet in beaded circle. Cf. SCBC 872. 0.61gr, 11mm.
Near Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
