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LOT 4082
Group of Five [5] Anglo-Saxon Northumbrian AE Stycas. Circa 810-855.
Various types. Condition as seen.(4.02gr total.).
ProvenanceFound near Driffield, Yorkshire, UK.
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
+ EDILRED REX around central cross with pellets in angles / + MOͶNE around central cross. North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. 1.12gr, 13mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Aethelred II AE Styca. 841-849/50. York mint; Monne, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
+ EDILRED RE around central cross pattée / + MOͶIVRE (VR ligate?) around central cross pattée. North 188; SCBC 865 & 868. 0.78gr, 12mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very unusual variant of moneyer's name.
Found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK, since 2010. From the private collection of a Yorkshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Mercia, Offa AR Penny. Circa 780-792/3. London mint; Ceolheard, moneyer.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,500
Light Coinage, Group II, 'Portrait' Type. + OFFA REX +, draped and cuirassed bust to right; all within inner and outer beaded circles / + CI◊L HAR∂ around coiled serpent-like creature within beaded inner and outer circles. Chick type 18; SCBI 67 (BM) 56-7; North 317; SCBC 905; cf. CNG 5628037 (hammer USD 27,500). 1.17gr, 16mm, 9h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; only other three complete examples recorded by the EMC.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, UK, by Kevin Stimpson on 3rd April 2024; Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2024.0140.
