LOT 2554
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishops of Canterbury - Ceolnoth / Hebeca - Inscribed Open Cross AR Penny 854-864 A.D.
BMC type 30. Obv: facing tonsured bust extending to edge of flan with +CEOLNOÐ ARCHIEP legend. Rev: open long cross with +HEBE / CA MO across and upwards and N E T A in angles (thus reading HEBECA MONETA) for the moneyer Hebeca at Canterbury mint. Near as struck; split to flan. Rare.(1.08 grams.).
ProvenanceFound Nottinghamshire, UK.
PublishedSee British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference DENO-BFBAC6 (this coin).
LiteratureS. 894; N. 245; see SCBI 67 (BM Anglo-Saxon II) 815 (different dies); see Naismith, C154.
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LOT 2554
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Archbishops of Canterbury - Ceolnoth / Hebeca - Inscribed Open Cross AR Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series E - Porcupine AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' head. Rev: standard with cross, line and C's around annulet within and crosses around. 0.96 grams.
Near as struck.
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series K Type 33 - Wolf Head AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Obv: profile bust with cross before. Rev: wolf head with long tongue. 0.97 grams.
Very fine. Scarce.
Found Kelveden, Essex, UK. Accompanied by a copy of British Museum Portable Antiquities Scheme record, SF-2359E7. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Saroaldo, Type 11 - AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £442
Obv: profile bust right. Rev: standard with saltire cross and triple pellets with 'SAROALDO' pseudo-legend around. 1.20 grams.
Near as struck. Scarce.
Found Berkshire, UK.
