Early Anglo Saxon silver sceat
TYPE 53 - STEPPED CROSS
obv. porcupine
rev. stepped cross
[cf. S.844A, Abramson E420 var., Metcalf 260/258, N.150]
Ex - Spink, Beowulf coll'n. 45, CNG 75, lot 1376]
VERY RARE
EF
£ sold
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Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
OSBERHT [849/50] styca
Moneyer - WINIBERHT
[S. 869]
RARE
thick flan
EF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SERIES T
Minted East Midlands area
obv. diademed head right, with LEL
rev. porcupine, with 4 parallel lines with pellet ends below
[see Metcalf 443-4, Spink 815]
Found near Cambridge, 2008
VERY RARE
EF
£395
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SERIES N, type 41b/41a
obv. 2 standing figures holding 3 crosses with large facing heads
rev. monster left with head turned right, many pellets in field
[cf. Metcalf p.463, Spink 806 for common types]
Very unusual variety
EXTREMELY RARE
EF
£325
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria STYCA WEIGHT
Lead weight containing a styca
+EANRED, pellet in centre
17 x 17 x 5 mm
Found in Easingwold
Sometimes described as a Viking weight [see Gareth Williams 'Anglo Saxon & Viking coin weights, BNJ69, 1999, p.19-36]
but more likely Anglo Saxon [see Pirie 'Coins of Northumbria' booklet p.9]
VERY RARE
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SERIES O, type 40 variety
obv. standing figure facing right holding 2 crosses
rev. monster curled and facing right withcross below head
Very unusual dumpy figure with large head on obv. facing right
- they usually face forward. Cross on rev. also unusual
[Metcalf 379-81, S.811]
Possibly a type 21/ type 57 mule ?
Found Thurrock area, 2005
GVF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon silver sceat
Kings of Northumbria
EADBERHT [737-758]
obv. EOTBEREhTVF, large cross
rev. fantastic animal right, with 4 circles of pellets enclosing a pellet in field
0.96 g
[Spink 847]
Found near Bridlington, Yorkshire, 2008
somewhat weakly struck in places
VERY RARE
nEF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
AETHELRED 11 [841-49] styca
Moneyer - FORDRED
obv. +EDILRED RE, cross in centre
rev. +FOR.DRED, 5 pellets in centre
nicely struck on thick flan
EF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SERIES J, type 36 - variant
obv. bust right with cross in front
rev. bird left with smaller bird above
Unusual as birds normally face right
[see Abramson J240, Spink 802D, Metcalf 301-2]
Ex - DNW
EXTREMELY RARE
EF
£295
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
WIGMUND [837-50] styca
Moneyer - COENRED
obv. +VIGMVND, cross in centre
rev. +COENRED, cross in centre
[S.870]
GVF or better
£ sold
