LOT 3751
England. Norman, William I 'the Conqueror' AR Penny. Struck circa 1068-1070. Uncertain mint; uncertain moneyer. Bonnet type (BMC ii).
[✠ PILLEMV]S [REX], crowned facing bust / ✠ GOL[...] ON COLEC(?), voided cross, with annulet at centre, pile in each quarter, and pellet-between-crescents at each end. North 842; SCBC 1251. Near Fine. Broken and repaired.(0.99gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Winchcombe, Gloucestershire, UK, 2025.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0267.
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Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 991-997. York mint, Arncytel moneyer. Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
✠ EÐELRED REX ANGLOX (NG ligate), bare-headed bust to left; sceptre before / ✠ ARNCYTEL M-O EOFL, voided cross with C-R-V-X in angles. North 770; SCBC 1148. 1.41gr, 21mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Flan crack.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 710-760. Uncertain mint. Series J, Type 84.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Crude diademed head to right / Bird standing to right on cross, annulets flanking. SCBI 67 (Abramson) -; Abramson 18-20; North 128; SCBC 802. 0.99gr, 12mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK, before 1991. -
Anglo-Saxon. Primary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 685-700. Mint in Essex or East Anglia. Series BIb, type 27b.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Crude diademed bust to right, breaking inner beaded circle; pseudo-legend around / Bird standing to right on cross pattée; annulets and pellets flanking; all within clockwise beaded ouroboros; pseudo-legend around, three annulets below. EMC 2008.0149; Abramson 16.10 var. (four annulets around cross); SCBC 777. 1.16gr, 12mm, 9h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
