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Viking - Danish East Anglia
ST. EDMUND  [885-915]  silver penny
DOUBLE-OBVERSE  type
obv.  +SCEAADI, retrograde,  A with wedge below in circle
rev.   +SCEAIDI, retrograde, cross in circle
No examples recorded in BMC, SCBI, etc.
Ex - Joseph Linzalone, USA
          Dean Rooke collection, Australia
EXTREMELY  RARE
EF or near
£sold

51
Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria silver sceat
EADBERHT  [737-58]
obv.  EOTBEREhTVF., cross in centre
rev.   fantastic animal left, cross under tail and triquetra below
[see S.847]
weakly struck in places
RARE
VF
£175
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53
Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria silver styca
AETHELRED  1  [789-796]  - 2nd reign
Phase 1a,  Moneyer - CEOLBALD
obv.  +AEDILRED, large pellet in circle of pellets
rev.   +CEOLBALD, large pellet in circle of pellets
[see S.856]
slight striking weakness at 9 o'clock
VERY  RARE
EF, practically as struck
£sold
54
AETHELRED  of  MERCIA  [674-704] silver sceat
Type 105
obv.  porcupine
rev.   AETHILIRAED, in runes, laterally reversed
[see Metcalf 135, S.780]
irregular flan
EXTREMELY  RARE
GVF-nEF
£sold
55
Early Anglo Saxon Primary silver sceat  [c.680-710]
BROAD-RIMMED  HAT type  -  SERIES  F
obv.  bust right with broad-rimmed hat, cross behind with blundered runes
rev.   2 small crosses and annulets
[see Metcalf 136-7, S.781]
Found Norfolk area
dark tone on a thick flan
nEF
£175
56
Kings of East Anglia
AETHELSTAN  1  [825-40]  silver penny
obv.  +EDELSTAN . A,  A with bar above in circle of pellets
rev.   +REX  A ' NG :, omega in centre within circle
[see BMC 19, N.439, S.950]
Ex - J.J. Nunn collection, Sothebys auctions, 27 November 1896, lot 62
          C. Marjoribanks collection, Sothebys auctions, 29 April 1904, lot 225
RARE
VF or near
£sold
57
Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria
EANBALD  11  [796-835]
Phase 1,  Moneyer - EDILUEARD
obv.  +EANBALD, cross in centre
rev.   +EDILVEARD, cross in centre
[see Pirie 3.7b, S.861]
VF
£98
58
59.
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
2  STANDING  FIGURES  type  -  SERIES  N,  Type 41b/41a
Minted north Thames area
obv.  2 standing figures holding 3 crosses with large facing heads
rev.   monster left with head turned right, many pellets in field
[see Metcalf p.463, Beowulf 71, Abramson Q040]
Very unusual type
EXTREMELY  RARE
EF or near
£525
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sale price £75