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 - Continental Issues - Series X - Wodan Bust AR Sceatta 695-740 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £494
Obv: facing 'Wodan' head with long hair and beard; pellet-ended cross each side, within a pelleted border. Rev: dragon beast left with head looking back over shoulder to right, swallowing tail and with prominent pellet-tipped phallus, within a pelleted border. 1.09 grams.
Extremely fine; near 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. -
Viking Coins - Danish East Anglia - St Edmund Memorial AR Penny 885-915 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
Obv: top-barred A with +SCEA+DI legend. Rev: small cross with +BAHIMOI legend. 1.36 grams.
Near as struck; bend to flan.
Property of a Colchester, UK, collector. -
Anglo-Saxon Coins - Secondary Phase - Celtic Cross Group - Portrait AR Sceatta 710-760 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
Obv: pelletted bust facing right with O behind and pseudo legend in front. Rev: Celtic cross, a superimposed pellet cross, large annulets in angles (not rosettes), within a triple pelleted border. 1.22 grams.
Near extremely fine. 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.
