LOT 2540
Saxon Coins - Merovingian - Man and Bird AR Denier 7th-8th century A.D.
Obv: standing figure holding two long crosses. Rev: bird right. Near very fine.(1.07 grams.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Hiberno-Norse Coins - Ireland - Sihtric Anlafsson - Long Cross and Hand Coinage - Portrait Penny 1035-1060 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £936
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. 0.93 grams.
Extremely fine.
Ex 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. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Primary Phase - Series F - Pelletted Helmet AR Sceatta 680-710 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £780
Obv: profile bust with pelleted helmeted bust right with X behind and blundered legend with lozenge O. Rev: small cross on steps in centre with annulets and TTII around blundered arrangement of letters with lozenge O. 1.13 grams.
Extremely fine; as struck.
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. -
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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series V, Type 7 - Wolf and Twins AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Obv: tall wolf standing right with head down and looking back to suckling twins seated below. Rev: songbird facing away with head right and closed beak pecking berries set between two stems. 0.90 grams.
Good fine. Rare.
Found Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, UK. Property of a UK gentleman. Accompanied by a coin ticket.
