Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SERIES R
obv. bust right
rev. standard
[see Spink 813, Metcalf 391-428]
Found Cambridgeshire 2007
EF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
STYCA WEIGHT
Lead weight containing a styca, VVLFRED ?, cross in centre
17 x 17 x 5 mm
Found in Malton
Sometimes described as a Viking weight [see Gareth Williams 'Anglo Saxon & Viking Coin Weights', BNJ69, 1999, p.19-36]
more likely Anglo Saxon [see Pirie 'Coins of Northumbria' booklet, p.9]
reasonably good condition, but parts of styca obscured by lead overflow. VERY RARE
£180
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
EADBERHT [737-58] silver sceat
obv. .EOTBEREThF, cross in circle of pellets
rev. fantastic animal right with 1 pellet under tail, 4 under body and 3 under foreleg
VERY RARE variety
obv. a little double-struck
EF or near
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
AETHELRED 11 [843-50] styca
Moneyer - EARDWULF
obv. +EDILRED REX, cross in circle
rev. +EARDVVLF, pellet in circle
[S.868]
nEF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [710-60]
SERIES R / SALTIRE STANDARD [type 51] mule
Minted East Anglia area
obv. bust right with runes EPA
rev. saltire standard
[see Metcalf p.532, S.833]
VERY RARE variety
nEF
£250
Early Anglo Saxon
Kings of Northumbria
AETHELRED 11 [841-50] styca
Moneyer - BROTHER
obv. +EDILRED REX, cross with pellet in each quarter
rev. +BRODER, cross in centre
obv. slightly weakly struck in places
VF/GVF
£45
Early Anglo Saxon Primary silver sceat [c.680-710]
SERIES F
obv. bust right with broad rimmed hat and cross behind
rev. 2 small crosses and annulets
[Metcalf 136-7, S.781]
Found Norfolk area
dark tone on a thick flan
nEF
£195
Early Anglo Saxon Secondary silver sceat [c.710-60]
SERIES J, type 37
York mint
obv. 2 heads facing
rev. 4 birds clockwise around cross
[see Spink 802A, Metcalf 296-300]
Found near York
obv. struck off-centre
nVF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon Continental silver sceat [695-740]
SERIES E - Plumed Bird
obv. plumed bird with tubular body
rev. standard with 5 annulets and 4 pellets
[Metcalf p.208, S.790K]
RARE obverse variety
GVF
£ sold
Early Anglo Saxon Primary silver sceat [c.680-710]
SERIES B 1
obv. diademed bust right
rev. bird right above cross
[see Spink 777, Metcalf 100-106]
some striking weakness in centre obv.
VF
£ sold
