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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Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Series G Type 3a - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Obv: diademed bust right holding in front a short cross, within a pelleted border. Rev: standard with three saltires and trefoil of pellets in fourth quarter, pellet in annulet in centre, within a beaded square. 0.98 grams.
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 - Offa - London / Aethelweald - Light Coinage AR Penny 780-792 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,755
Blunt type 55. Obv: OFFA / REX above and below central dividing line with fleur ends and pellets. Rev: EDEL / VALD above and below central dividing line with fleur ends and pellets for the moneyer Aethelweald at London mint. 1.09 grams.
Very fine. Very rare.
Property of a Colchester, UK, collector. -
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.
