LOT 2229
Hiberno-Norse Coins - Ireland - Sihtric Anlafsson - Long Cross and Hand Coinage - Portrait Penny 1035-1060 A.D.
Phase III, imitating long cross issue of Aethelred II. Obv: profile bust left with +IINITRCMERIIO blundered legend, within a beaded border. Rev: long voided cross with 'hand' in two angles with I+I - IICI - IOI - CID blundered legend, within a beaded border. Extremely fine.(0.93 grams.).
ProvenanceEx late John Cross collection, Canterbury, UK.
Acquired Canterbury Auction Galleries, 3 October 2021, lot 569.
Property of two Kent sisters, by gift from their parents.
S. 6132A; D&F 24; see SCBI 32 (Belfast), 134-298.
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LOT 2229
Hiberno-Norse Coins - Ireland - Sihtric Anlafsson - Long Cross and Hand Coinage - Portrait Penny
Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Continental Issues - Series D, Type 2c - AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Obv: profile bust right with Runic AEPA before. Rev: small cross and pellets with pseudo legend. 1.06 grams.
Very fine.
Found near York, UK, recorded with Early Medieval Corpus, reference EMC 2022.0041. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Northumbria - Aethelred I / Hnifvla - Regal Issue AR Sceatta 789-796 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Second reign, phase I. Obv: small cross centre with +EDILRED legend, within a beaded border. Rev: pellet in rosette of pellets in centre with +HNIFVLA legend for the moneyer Hnifvla, within a beaded border. 0.92 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 - 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.
