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 Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. Circa 810-830. York mint; Eanred, moneyer.
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EDILRED REX around central cross / EAͶRED around central cross. SCBC 865. 0.87gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Irregular and Unattributed issues AE Styca. Circa 843/4-855.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Legend around central cross pattée / Legend around central motif. Cf. SCBC 872. 0.87gr, 12mm.
Near Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Secondary Sceattas AR Sceatta. Circa 730-740/5. Mint in Essex or Kent. Series L, type 18.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed and draped bust to right; long cross pommée to right / Figure standing facing in crescent boat, holding cross pommée and hawk; perch to lower right. North 72; SCBC 804F. 0.94gr, 12mm, 3h.
Near Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
