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. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
+ EDILRED REX around central cross / + MOͶͶE around central cross. North 188; SCBC 868. 1.09gr, 13mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf AR Penny. Struck circa 810-821. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Large portrait type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
[✠ CO]ENVVLF REX m, diademed and draped bust to right / ✠ [SVVEF]HERD MONETΛ, cross fourchée with pellets in angles. Naismith C43e; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 571; North 353; SCBC 916. 0.99gr, 21mm, 3h.
Good Very Fine. Toned. Edge chipped. Rare.
From a private East Anglian collection formed since the 1980s.
