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Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] SERIES U type 23 obv. standing female figure in crescent boat with 2 crosses rev. pecking bird [Spink 793 for common types] Unusual style cf. Metcalf p.560 Found near Whitby, Yorkshire, 2008 some striking weakness at 11 oclock EXTREMELY RARE nEF £ sold |
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Early Anglo Saxon Primary silver sceat [c.680-710] SERIES U, type 23b Minted in the Thames area obv. standing female figure facing right with large hands and 2 crosses rev. pecking bird [see Metcalf 445-51 and p. 560, 564, Spink 793] VERY RARE GVF £295 |
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 816] 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 810 for common types] Very unusual variety EXTREMELY RARE EF £350 |
Early Anglo Saxon - Kings of Northumbria silver sceat AETHELRED 1 [first reign 774-9] with FANTASTIC ANIMAL obv. EDELRED, large cross in centre rev. fantastic animal right of unusual style with short neck, cross under tail and triquetra below Same dies as Patrick Finn, list 18, no.72 - only 2 known [S. 850] Found Fimber, Yorkshire, 2007 rather weakly struck and slightly ragged flan EXTREMELY 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 £350 |
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 £265 |
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60] SERIES N, type 41b Minted in the London area obv. 2 standing figures facing forward, holdin 3 crosses, pellet above rev. monster left looking back [see Metcalf 368-72, S.810] nEF £195 |
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 791A, Metcalf 301-2] Ex - DNW EXTREMELY RARE EF £295 |
Early Anglo Saxon - Kings of Northumbria silver sceat AELFWALD 1 [779-88] obv. +ELFVAIV, small cross in centre rev. fantastic animal right with large head and open mouth [Spink 851] Found near Thwing, 2008 chipped EXTREMELY RARE £ sold |
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