LOT 4261
Merovingians, Uncertain Early Continental AV Tremissis. Circa 600-675. Uncertain mint and moneyer. National series.
(Cross-crosslet) OXVTCD (retrograde), diademed and draped bust to right / VVOD[...]X, cross pattée with pellets in fields within pelleted border. Unpublished in the major references, including MEC, Belfort and Prou, but recorded by EMC 2026.0314. Very Fine. An unpublished Tremissis with a unique style.(1.29gr, 13mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound near Normanton, Nottinghamshire, UK, 2nd October 2026.
Recorded with the Early Medieval Corpus at the Fitzwilliam Museum with reference no.EMC 2026.0314.
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LOT 4261
Merovingians, Uncertain Early Continental AV Tremissis.
Estimate £2,000 - 3,000€2,320 - 3,480 (for guidance only)$2,700 - 4,050 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£1,000 (EUR 1,160; USD 1,350) +BP*
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Anglo-Saxon. Kings of All England, Edward the Confessor AR Penny. Struck 1042-circa 1044. London mint; Aelfwine, moneyer. Pacx type (BMC iv, Hild. D).
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
✠ EDPER-D REEXஃ, diademed bust to left; quatrefoil-tipped sceptre to left / ✠ ÆL-FPIN-E OM LVND (ND ligate), voided long cross with pellet-in-crescent at ends and pellet-in-annulet at centre; P A C X in quarters. North 813; SCBC 1171. 1.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Anglo-Viking (Danish East Anglia), St Edmund AR Penny. 885-918. Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Gulcreo, moneyer. St. Edmund memorial coinage.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
✠ S C EADN' (horizontal S), large A / ✠ CVLCREO', small cross pattée. North 483; SCBC 960. 1.46gr, 18mm, 9h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of All England. Aethelred II AR Penny. Struck circa 1009-1016. Apparently a Scandinavian imitation of the London mint and Aelfred, moneyer. Last Small Cross type (BMC i, Hild. A).
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
+ ÆÐELRED REX : ANGLO, diademed and draped bust to left / + ⱯVLFRED ON LVDEN, small cross pattée. North 777; SCBC 1154. 1.66gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine. Viking peck marks.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
