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LOT 4264
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas BI Sceat. Circa 730-750. Mint in East Anglia (South Suffolk). Wigraed. Series R10.
Radiate bust of crude style to right, annulet to either side of head, runic ᚹᛁᚷᛖᛞ (abbreviated WIGRD) before, annulet flanking Λ behind / Beaded standard containing TOTII legend, cross pommée on each side, diagonals at angles. North 165; SCBC 813A; EMC 2026.0173 (this coin). Good Very Fine.(0.83gr, 12mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound June 2026 close to West Stow, Suffolk, UK.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no.EMC 2026.0173.
Recorded by British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.SF-CEEA93.
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LOT 4264
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas BI Sceat.
Estimate £200 - 300€230 - 350 (for guidance only)$270 - 410 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£100 (EUR 116; USD 135) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Leofwold, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
✠ EDELRED REX ANG, diademed and draped bust to left / ✠ LIOFPOLD N-O LVN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 0.86gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks on both sides.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Continental Sceattas AR Sceat. Circa 715/20-740. Mint in northern Frisia. Series E.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
'Porcupine' with triangular head to right / Beaded standard with central pellet-in-annulet and four lines; pseudo-legend or symbols around. Cf. North 48; cf. SCBC 790. 1.14gr, 11mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Aelfred, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
+ ÆÐELRED REX : ANGLO, diademed and draped bust to left / + ⱯVLFRED ON LVDEN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.66gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
