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Kings of East Anglia
EDMUND  [855-69]  silver penny
Moneyer - BEORNFERTH
obv.  +EADMVND  REX  AN., cross made up of 3 crosses, in circle of pllets
rev.   BEORNFERD  MO, cross in circle of pellets, pellet in each angle
[see BMC 46-8, p.91, Stacks collection, lot 346, N.459, S.955
                        and Baldwins auctions, 12 October 2005, lot 2244]
Found near Basingstoke, Herts., c.1983
speckled toning and flan slightly wavy
RARE
nEF
£sold

61
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
FEMALE  CENTAUR  type  -  SERIES  S
obv.  female Centaur with tail right
rev.   whorl of 4 wolf heads
[see Metcalf 438-41, S.831]
Found near Didcot, Oxfordshire, 2005
VERY  RARE
GVF/VF
£225
62
EDWARD  THE  ELDER  [899-924]  silver penny
Moneyer - GUNTER
obv.  +EADVVEARD  REX, small cross pattee within inner circle
rev.   GVNT +++  ER MO, in 2 lines, trefoil of pellets above and below
[see S.1087, N.649]
RARE  moneyer
small die flaw on obv.
nEF
£695
63
Early Anglo Saxon, Kings of Northumbria silver styca
AETHELRED  1  [789-96]  -  2nd reign
DOUBLE-OBVERSE  with  R
obv.  +AEDILRED,  R in circle in centre
rev.   +AEDILRED,  cross in centre
[see Metcalf p.599]
EXTREMELY  RARE
GVF
£450
64
CNUT  [1016-35]  silver penny
Quatrefoil type
SOUTHWARK  mint,  Moneyer - BRIHTMAER
obv.  +CNVT  REX  ANGLE.., bust left
rev.   +RIHTMER  N  SVD, cross and quatrefoil
[see S.1157]
Found Nottinghamshire, 1999
RARE
EF or near
£sold
65
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
STANDING  FEMALE  FIGURE  -  SERIES  U,  Type 23d
Minted East Kent area
obv.  standing figure with large head facing right, holding 2 crosses
rev.   bird right, pecking at berries
[see Metcalf 499-50]
Found Sittingbourne, Kent, 2004
VERY  RARE
EF or near
£sold

66
Kings of Mercia
COENWULF  [796-821]  silver penny
Portrait type  -  Group 1V  [c.815-21]
CANTERBURY  mint,  Moneyer - DEALLA
obv.  +COENVVLF  REX  M, bust right
rev.   +DEALLA  MONETA, cross crosslet with pellets in angles, in circle
[see N.356, S.916, Stack collection, no.308]
edge chipped and somewhat wavy flan
VERY  RARE
GVF
£sold
67
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
TWO  BIRDS  type  -  SERIES  J,  type 36 var.
obv.  bust right with large cross in front
rev.   small bird above large bird, facing  LEFT
[see Metcalf 301-2, S.791a - for common varieties]
The birds on rev. usually face right
slightly weakly struck in centre and striking crack at edge
EXTREMELY  RARE  variety
VF or better
£385
68
EADGAR  [959-75]  silver penny
Portrait type
EAST  ANGLIA  mint ,  Moneyer - BRUNNINC
obv.  +EADGAR  REX,  crowned bust right
rev.   +BRVNNINC....AN. cross in centre
[see S.1138, N.750]
Found in Norfolk, 2006
fragment
VERY  RARE
GVF
£sold  
69
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SALTIRE  STANDARD  type  -  SERIES  R / Type 51 mule
Minted East Anglia
obv.  bust right with EPA in runes
rev.   saltire standard
[see Metcalf p.532, S.833 - for common type]
VERY  RARE  variety [mule]
nEF
£250
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