LOT 2227
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf - East Anglia / Lul - Quatrefoil Penny Circa 798 A.D.
Obv: profile bust right with +COENVVLF REX M legend starting at 10 o'clock and with Mercian 'M' at end. Rev: beaded cross within quadrilobe with + L V L in angles with pellet rosettes around. Good very fine. Rare.(1.29 grams.).
ProvenanceFound near Brookland, Kent, UK, 2022.
Property of a Kent gentleman.
S. 919; N. 363.
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LOT 2227
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Coenwulf - East Anglia / Lul - Quatrefoil Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,106
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series N Type 41b - Two Figures AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Obv: two standing male figures each holding a trefoil-headed cross, within a pelleted border. Rev: crested dragon beast left, head turned back over shoulder to right, claws beneath, tail raised, within a pelleted border. 1.23 grams.
Near extremely fine.
Ex 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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Stepped Cross Type 53 - Porcupine AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Obv: degraded 'porcupine' profile bust right. Rev: stepped cross with pellet in angles and pellet-in-annulet at centre. 1.16 grams.
Extremely fine; as struck.
Ex 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. -
Saxon Coins - Merovingian - Man and Bird AR Denier 7th-8th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Obv: standing figure holding two long crosses. Rev: bird right. 1.07 grams.
Near very fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
