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 - Primary Phase - Series F - Portrait AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmet right with XO behind and blundered legend with lozenge O. Rev: small cross in centre with annulets around blundered arrangement of letters with lozenge O, within a pelleted border. 1.25 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 K Type 42 - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £585
Obv: profile bust right with knot behind and bird before, within a beaded border. Rev: hound left, looking back right with berry bush behind. 0.78 grams.
Extremely fine; near as struck. Rare.
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 S, Type 47 - Centaur AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Obv: female centaur left with palm frond each side. Rev: whorl of four wolf heads with beaded tongues meeting at centre. 0.83 grams.
Very fine.
Found Chelmsford, Essex, UK, recorded with UKDFD, reference 39735.
