History Coins
Anglo-Saxon Coins
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*NEW* 'Wodan' Head, Silver Sceat Continental Issue, Series X, Circa 695-740
Obverse: Facing 'Wodan' head, chevrons either side of rounded beard with pellet above
Reverse: Crested beast left, tail raised to mouth, claws below, prominent member, die mark below jaw
Size: 1.02g, 12mm
Grade: VF, of crude style so possibly a contemporary copy but a very nice reverse, small area of patination loss
Ref: Abramson 103-4 Series X 103.20; N 116; S 797
Prov: Ex. Timeline Auctions, found Gloucestershire, UK
£300 (P&P FREE to all locations) #1593
*NEW* Eadgar, Pre-Reform Coinage, Silver Penny, Circumscription Cross, Fastolf Probably York, Before AD 973, SCARCE
Obverse: Small cross pattée within linear circle both sides, small pellet stop with ornamental upper and lower crescent after King's name, +EADGAR REX
Reverse: As obverse with small pellet stop with ornamental upper and lower crescent after Fastolf (without mint name) +FASTOLF MON.
Size: 1.26g, 20mm
Grade: VF+ for type and scarce
Ref: N 748; S 1134
Prov: Ex. Baldwin's
£1,100 (P&P FREE to all locations) #854
*NEW* Edgar, Pre-Reform Coinage, Silver Penny, Farthein, Before AD 973
Obverse: Crescent and pellet between E and X of REX
Reverse: FARD + + + EHIN
Size: 1.07g, 21mm
Grade: VF, chipped edge
Ref: N 701; S 1129
Prov: Ex St. James's sale from Baldwin's Vault Pt1
£800 (P&P FREE to all locations)
*NEW* Aethelstan I, Silver Penny, Torthelm, East Anglian, After AD 827, VERY RARE
Obverse: Large A at centre with contraction bar above and +EDELSTANI legend with S and N reversed
Reverse: Small cross with pellet in each angle with +TORHTHELM legend for the moneyer Torthelm
Size: 1.11g, 20mm
Grade: VF, chipped and small crack at 4 o'clock
Ref: S 950; N 440
Prov: Ex TimeLine Auctions; EMC 2013.0343
£870 SOLD
Anglo Saxon Secondary Phase Silver Two Birds Sceat, Series J Type 36,
AD710-760
Obverse: profile diademed head with braided hair, long cross before
Reverse: Two birds right with a cross before, double beaded border
Size: 0.93g, 12mm
Grade: VF+, reverse struck slightly off centre but otherwise bold
Ref: S 802d
Prov: Ex TimeLine
£300 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask) #1089
Anglo Saxon Primary Phase Silver Sceat, Series B1, AD 710-760
Obverse: Double diademed bust right, double beaded border
Reverse: Linear bird on top of cross, flanked by annulets, with beaded clockwise (?) ouroboros
Size: 1.00g, 12mm
Grade: VF, dark chocolate patina
Ref: Abramson 16.10; S 777; N 126
Prov: Ex Noonan auction
£290 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask) #981
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, Two Line Type Silver Penny, Aethered, 899-924, SCARCE
Obverse: Central small cross patee, legend around, +[EAD]VVEARD REX
Reverse: Moneyers name in two lines, AEDER ED MO, separated by a row of three crosses and three pellets top and bottom
Size: 23mm
Grade: VF+ edge missing
Ref: S 1087; N 649
Prov: Ex Catherine Southon sale
£700 (P&P FREE to all locations)
King of All England, Edward the Confessor, Pointed Helmet Penny, Shaftsbury, Wulfric, 1042-1066
Obverse: Edward wearing pointed helmet facing right, sceptre to front, legend around, +EDPAD [R]EX
Reverse: Voided short cross each limb terminating in three crescents, in the centre an annulet, legend around +PV[LF]RIC ON S(S on side)CE
Size: 20mm, 1.34g
Ref: N 825; S 1179
Grade: AVF, areas of weak strike, crack from centre to edge, stable
£500 (P&P FREE to all locations)
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Three Line Type, Man, Tamworth Mint, 959-975, Struck about 967-973, V RARE
Obverse: Central cross surrounded by legend, EADGAR REX
Reverse: Rare three line type penny MON separated by annulet then T+E (for Tamworth) annulet then MAN, rosettes above and below
Grade: AVF/VF crack around inner circle and centre, stable; comes with old ticket dated 2009
Ref: S1132; N 757
Prov: Ex CNG
SOLD
Eadred, Silver Penny, Oslac, Chester, AD 946-955 RARE
Obverse: Cross in centre, EADRED
Reverse: Rosettes above and below denotes minted in North West, Chester, OZLA C MO (S as Z)
Size: 1.32g, 21mm
Grade: VF, some edge loss
Ref: Compare with S 1113; British Museum Anglo-Saxon Coins 34; No. 625; Coinage in Tenth-Century England; Blunt 218
Prov: Ex Silbury Coins
SOLD
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