Kings of Mercia OFFA [757-96] silver penny Heavy coinage [c.792-6] CANTERBURY mint, Moneyer - DAEGMUND obv. OEFA REX, in 2 lines rev. +DELnVND, in 2 lines [see S.908] Found Wisbeach Way, near Norfolk slight edge chip Believed to be only 2 or 3 examples known with this moneyer EXTREMELY RARE nEF £sold |
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] FEMALE FIGURE - SERIES U, Type 23b Minted Thames area obv. standing female figure facing right, holding 2 crosses in large hands rev. pecking bird [see Metcalf 445-51 and p.560, 564, S.793] VERY RARE VF or better £295 |
Kings of Mercia BURGRED [852-74] silver penny Type A, Moneyer - BEAGSTAN obv. bust right rev. moneyer's name in and between lunettes [see S.938] tiny edge crack Ex - Lockett collection Joel D Coen, New York, USA, 1988 Private collection, USA EF or near £sold |
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] 2 STANDING FIGURES - SERIES N, Type 41b Minted London area obv. two standing figures facing forward, holding 3 crosses, pellet above rev. monster left, looking back [see Metcalf 368-72, S.810] RARE nEF £225 |
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] QUADRUPED and BIRD - SERIES Q, Type 11a Minted East Anglia area obv. quadruped left foreleg raised, with long tail curved between legs, 14 pellets in field rev. bird left with forked tail, with cross and 24 pellets in field [see Metcalf 386 and p.494, S.836] 1.19g Ex - A.Gillis EXTREMELY RARE GVF-nEF £sold |
CNUT [1016-35] silver penny Quatrefoil type CAMBRIDGE mint, Moneyer - ADAM obv. +CNVT REX ANGLOR, bust left rev. +ADAM ON GRAT [see BMC 230, S.1157] RARE EF £345 |
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] FEMALE CENTAUR type - SERIES S, gp.1x with experimental rev. die obv. winged female Centaur [similar Metcalf 439] rev. whorl of 4 wolf heads, with lateral reversal [whorl in opposite direction to normal - see Metcalf p.542] [see Metcalf 438-41, S.831] EXTREMELY RARE EF or near £sold
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Kings of Mercia COENWULF [796-821] silver penny EAST ANGLIA, Moneyer - WODEL obv. COENVVLF REX, crude bust right rev. lozenge with cross at each angle, with PODEL in angles [see BMC 91, N.370, S.920] Found Wilstead, Bedfordshire, Dec.2005 Recorded EMC - 2006.0055 somewhat wavy flan and ragged edge, but all details there EXTREMELY RARE GVF/VF £sold |
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] 2 STANDING FIGURES - SERIES N, Type 41b var. Minted Thames area obv. 2 standing figures on a baseline facing forward, holding 3 crosses [left figure has plain body, right figure striped] rev. monster left, with head turned right [see Metcalf 368-72, S.810] unusual figures on obv. VERY RARE nEF-EF £375 |
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