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Kings of Wessex
AETHELSTAN  [924-39]  silver penny
Portrait type
NORWICH  -  Moneyer - MANNE
obv.  +EDELSTAN  REX, crowned bust right
rev.   +MANNE  MO  NORDPE
[see Blunt 285, BMC 75 var., N.675, S.1095]
1.20g
Ex - Baldwins
edge chipped
RARE
nEF/GVF
£sold
21
Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria silver sceat
EADBERHT and Abp. ECGBERHT  [737-58]
obv.  EOTBEREhTVF, cross in centre
rev.   ECBERhT, mitred figure holding cross and crozier
[see S.852, N.192]
VERY RARE
nEF/VF
£350
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EDWARD  THE  CONFESSOR  [1042-66] silver penny
Facing Bust type
THETFORD  mint,  Moneyer - ATSERE
obv.  +EADPARD  REX, facing bust, bearded and crowned
rev.   +ATSER  ON  DETFOR, small cross pattee
[see N.830, S.1183]
1.0g
some striking weakness
RARE
VF or better
£sold
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Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria
WULFHERE  [850-900],  Moneyer - WULFRED
obv.  VVLFHERE  AREP, retrograde, cross in circle
rev.  +VVLFRED, retrograde, cross in centre
[see S.871, N.197]
RARE
VF
£sold
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Viking, Danish Eat Anglia  [885-915]
ST. EDMUND  silver penny
DOUBLE-OBVERSE  type
obv.  +SCEAID, A in centre
rev.   +SCEADT, retrograde, cross pattee in centre
[see S.960, N.483 - common types]
Found Timworth, Suffolk
Ex - Private collection, Australia
VERY  RARE variety
nEF
£sold

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Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria silver styca
AETHELRED  1  [790-96],  second reign
Moneyer - CEOLBALD
UNRECORDED  TYPE
obv.  +AEDIRED, cross in legend extends to pellet in centre
rev.   +CEOLBALD, large pellet in circle of pellets
[see S.856 for common types]
Very unusual with cross in legend extending to the pellet centre,
a similar cross is listed in Pirie with cross extending to a square in centre
Found Sledmere Estate, Yorkshire, 2006
EXTREMELY  RARE
EF or near
£475
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Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
ECLECTIC  CELTIC  CROSS  with rosettes - var. 2g
obv.  small cross in centre with quilled figure
rev.   celtic cross with rosettes
[Unclassified type - see Abramson p.127, Metcalf 426-32]
Found Kent, 2006
Recorded in EMC
VERY RARE
VF or better
£sold
28
HAROLD  1  [1035-40]  silver penny
Long Cross and Fleurs-de-lis type
GLOUCESTER  mint,  Moneyer - WULWARD
obv.  bust leftin armour
rev.   PVLPARD : ON : GLE, long cross
[see S.1165]
RARE mint
VERY  RARE  in this condition
EF,  virtually as struck
£sold
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Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria
EANBALD  11  [830-5]
Phase 1b,  Moneyer - EODWULF
obv.  +EANBAIDAB, cross with pellet ends in circle of pellets
rev.   +EODVVLF, cross in circle of pellets
[see S.863 - much rarer than Spink suggests]
some weakness on obv.
VF
£175

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sold
sale price £295