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Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Secondary series G, type 3a, c. 710-60, diademed and draped bust right, long cross before face, rev. degraded standard containing three crosses and a trefoil of pellets around central annulet, 1.16g (SCBI Abramson 310; SCBI BM 437; Abramson 21-20; M 268; N 43; S 800). Struck from a slightly worn obverse die, otherwise extremely fine, lightly toned over smooth metal £300-£360
Hammer Price: £460
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Secondary series H, type 49, facing head of Wodan on oval boss, border of ten roundels around, rev. stylised peacock advancing right, rosette below head, 1.09g/8h (SCBI Abramson 375-6; SCBI BM 461; Abramson 48-1010; M var. 1a, –; N 103; S 801A). Nearly extremely fine, excellent metal, rare thus £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,000
Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Secondary series V, type 7, she-wolf right, looking down, suckling twins. rev. nightingale astride two branches, pecking at fruit, 1.06g/6h (SCBI Abramson 802; SCBI BM 752; Abramson 62-10; M 453; N 120; S 817). Better than very fine, toned and rare £700-£900
Hammer Price: £850
Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht (737-58), Sceatta, series Y [York], class A, eadberhtvγ around cross, rev. lion advancing right, foreleg raised, large tongue protruding, 0.85g/3h (SCBI Abramson 831; SCBI BM 758; Abramson 70-10; M 454; N 177; S 847). Good very fine, lightly toned £300-£360
Hammer Price: £380
Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht, Sceatta, series Y [York], class D, eotberehtvγ around cross, rev. lion advancing left, foreleg raised, cross potent above within loop of tail, triquetra below, 1.06g/7h (SCBI Abramson 841-3; SCBI BM 764; Abramson 70-120; M 460; N 178; S 847). Good very fine, neatly struck £300-£360
Hammer Price: £440
Kings of Mercia, Cynethryth (wife of Offa), Penny, Light coinage, c. 785, Canterbury, Eoba, draped bust of Offa right, eoba in field, pellets between letters, rev. cyneðryð regina, uncial M in centre, contraction bar above, pellets in field, 1.09g/12h (Chick 144d, this coin; Williams 22, same obv. die; SCBI BM –; N 339; S 909). Surface pitting, very fine, extremely rare £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £5,000
Kings of Mercia, Burgred (852-74), Penny, Phase IIb, Lunette type A, Cenred, bvrgred rex around diademed bust right, rev. mon cenred eta in three lines, first and last flanked with small crescents and contained within lunettes, 1.33g/9h (MacKay H8 [O3?/R–]; SCBI BM 523; N 423; S 941A). Some doubling on obverse, otherwise good very fine, excellent metal for issue, attractively toned £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £1,200
Kings of East Anglia, Beonna (c. 758), Penny or Sceatta, Efe, beonna rex around cross, rev. efe in angles of cross lozenge, 0.92g/3h (cf. Archibald O1/R1; N 430; S 945). Edge slightly ragged, otherwise very fine, rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £2,200
Danish East Anglia, St Edmund Memorial coinage, Penny, Reart, sc eadm, large A, rev. reartv, cross pattée, 1.18g/12h (cf. BP 38-9; N 483; S 961). Good very fine and probably much as struck, residual mint lustre £200-£260
Hammer Price: £750
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-58), Penny, Phase IV, Inscribed Cross type [BMC xvii], Canterbury, Wermund, aedelvvlf rex, draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. vermvnd moneta arranged on and around limbs of beaded cross, 1.32g/6h (Naismith C148e, this coin; SCBI BM 1227, Copenhagen 660, Mack 718; N 618; S 1051). Full flan with smooth surfaces, very fine, rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,800
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, London Monogram type [BMC ix], Tilewine, ælfr ed rex, diademed bust right wearing decorated tunic, rev. londonia monogram, tilevine above, moneta below, 1.50g/12h (MacKay B 9.2 [O3/R8], this coin; SCBI Fitzwilliam 549 = MEC 8, 1259, same dies; BMC 116; N 646; S 1062). Minor flan flaw in reverse field, otherwise good extremely fine and attractively toned £6,000-£8,000
Hammer Price: £20,000
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Halfpenny, Phase III [BMC –], London Monogram type, ælf red, diademed bust left wearing decorated tunic, rev. londonia monogram, trefoil of pellets above and below, 0.55g/9h (MacKay II 1.2 [O1/R1], this coin; Stack 442, same dies; BMC –; N 645 var.; S 1063). A few light marks and weak on the face, otherwise very fine, full round flan; extremely rare with the left facing bust £1,500-£1,800
Hammer Price: £5,500
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Penny, Phase III [BMC xvii], Two Line type, Canterbury, Deorweald, elfred rex doro, cross pattée, rev. diarvald mo divided by three central pellets, additional single pellet above and below, 1.45g/2h (SCBI Norweb 144, same rev. die; BMC 10; N 638; S 1069). Some doubling on obverse, otherwise better than very fine, grey tone £700-£900
Hammer Price: £3,000
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, Penny, Flower/Floral type [BMC ix], Heremod, eadvveard rex, small cross, rev. plant with symmetrical curved stalks flanking central flower, heremod and star in exergue, 1.53g/1h (CTCE 340(i); SCBI Ashmolean 314 var. [decorated exergue line]; SCBI Mack 758; BMC 102; N 658; S 1078). Pierced and gilt, the obverse scuffed and only fine, the reverse very fine and pleasing £2,000-£2,600
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, Penny, Two Line type [HCT 1, late Winchester dies], Beagstan, eadvveard rex, small cross pattée, rev. beahs tan mo in two lines divided by three crosses pattée, cross pattée above, trefoil below, 1.62g/10h (CTCE 85(iii); SCBI East Anglia 134 [Morley St Peter hoard]; BMC 17; N 649; S 1087). Good very fine, neatly struck on a round flan, toned £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,900
Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder, Penny, Two Line type [HT 1, late Canterbury dies], Torhtelm, eadvveard rex, small cross pattée, rev. torht elm mo in two lines divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil above and below, 1.49g/12h (CTCE 280(ii); SCBI West Country Museums 408; BMC –; N 649; S 1087). Very fine, neat round flan £500-£600
Hammer Price: £1,100
Danes of York, Cnut (c. 900-910), Penny, cnvt rex ·:· around patriarchal cross, rev. cvn ·:· nt ·:· tiei ·: around small cross pattée with pellet in second and third quarters, 1.30g/6h (LS, Gp IIe [c-1(b):CR-G]; LW 22; SW –; N 501; S 993). Good very fine, iridescent toning £500-£700
Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Circumscription Cross type [BMC iv], York, Regnald/Ragnaldr, privy marked series, edelstan rex to bri, small cross pattée, double crescent in field, the outer formed of nine pellets, rev. regnald mo eforpic, small cross pattée, 1.57g/3h (Blunt 240; SCBI Edinburgh 165 and Yorkshire Museums 52, same dies; SCBI BM 117, same obv. die; N 672; S 1093). Flan lightly crimped, otherwise good very fine, old cabinet tone, rare £600-£800
Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Crowned Bust type [BMC ix], Wallingford, Æthelmund, late Winchester dies, ædelstan rex to br, bust right within inner circle, rev. ædel.mvnd mo pel.ingi, small cross, 1.57g/12h (W & W –; Blunt 294 var. [obv. type]; SCBI BM 153 var. [same]; Forum Hoard 562 var. [same]; N 675; S 1095). Weak on crown, otherwise good very fine, lightly toned; the obverse reading and bust type previously unrecorded at this rare mint £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £4,000
Eadmund (939-946), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1, York], Ingelgar, eadmvnd r.ex ef, small cross, rev. ingel gar m divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil above and below, 1.37g/1h (CTCE 167; SCBI Glasgow 641; N 688; S 1105). Better than very fine, attractive iridescent tone £600-£800
Eadred (946-955), Penny, Two Line type, [HR 1 NW], Æthelweald, eadred rex, small cross pattée, rev. vvlfs tn mo in two lines divided by three crosses pattée, rosette above and below, 1.58g/9h (CTCE 187; SCBI BM 645, same dies; N 707; S 1113). Some hard green deposit on reverse, otherwise good very fine; a full and attractive coin £600-£800
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Circumscription Cross type [BMC iii], Wallingford, Beorhtric, eadgar rex to bri, small cross, rev. beorhtric m peali, small cross, 1.53g/5h (W & W 7; CTCE 231, pl. 20, this coin; SCBI BM –; N 749; S 1135). Extremely fine and extremely rare £1,200-£1,500
Hammer Price: £3,600
Eadgar (959-975), Penny, Crowned Bust type [BMC v], London, Athulf, eadgar rex, crowned and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. advlf moneta lvnd, small cross, 1.15g/6h (CTCE 356; SCBI Glasgow 709 var.; N 751; S 1138). Some edge loss and tooling to reverse, otherwise about very fine, dark toned £800-£1,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Eadgar (959-975), Halfpenny, London Monogram type [BMC –], ead+gar re, crude bust right with decorated torso, rev. londonia monogram, cross above, pyramid of six pellets below, 0.56g/6h (CTCE 394; SCBI BM 1172; Williams 71, same obv. die; N 753; S 1140B). Obverse die break and with a few light surface marks, otherwise about extremely fine and extremely rare £2,400-£3,000
Hammer Price: £7,500
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, First Hand type [BMC iia], London, Æthelred, æderd m-o lvndoni, Southern B style, pellet above hand, 1.42g/3h (DT 57; BEH 2200; BMC 190; N 766; S 1144). Small edge nick at 11 o’clock, otherwise very fine, toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £650
Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, CRVX type [BMC iiia], Wallingford, Ælfwige/Ælfwine, ælfpi m¯o pelig, 1.61g/12h (W & W 29-34; SCBI Ashmolean 496 and Copenhagen 1280-1; BEH 3904; N 770; S 1148). Signs of overstriking, otherwise about extremely fine, dark toned £300-£360
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type [BMC xiv], Maldon, Ælfwine, ælpine on mældv, late London A dies, additional pellet in third quarter of rev., 1.02g/9h (BL p.244-5; SCBI Norwegian Collections 2257, same obv. die; BEH 2874; N 781; S 1157). About extremely fine, scarce £300-£360
Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type [BMC xvi], Salisbury, Goldus, goldvs onn s · er :, 1.15g/3h (SCBI Copenhagen 3449-50, same dies; Elmore Jones 692, same dies; BEH 3179; N 790; S 1159). Slight wave to flan, very fine, toned £300-£360
Hammer Price: £550
Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Long Cross and Fleur-de-lis type [BMC v], Wallingford, Wulfwine, pvlpiine o: peli, 0.84g/6h (W & W 167; SCBI Stockholm 1432, same dies; BEH 984; N 803; S 1165). Edge ragged at 1 o’clock and with some light surface porosity, otherwise very fine, dark find patina £700-£900
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, PACX type [BMC iv var.], Wallingford, Æthelwig, edpard rex, bust left with single-lined diadem and sceptre, rev. elpi on pelingaf, pacs in angles of voided long cross, 1.14g/9h (W & W 189; Pagan 467, this coin; Freeman 1; SCBI South-Eastern Museums 1137, same obv. die; BMC –; BEH –; N 813; S 1171). Small obverse die break, otherwise good very fine, scarce £500-£700
Hammer Price: £1,300
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Trefoil-Quadrilateral type [BMC iii], York, Eltan, rev. eltan on eofrpi, 1.03g/11h (Freeman 123; SCBI Yorkshire 240-1; BMC 282; N 817; S 1174). A few die flaws on reverse, otherwise good very fine, dark toned £400-£500
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type [BMC v], Heavy issue, Wallingford, Brunwine, brvnpine on palin, 1.65g/6h (W & W 210; Freeman 65, this coin cited; SCBI Ashmolean 855, same dies; BMC 1275; N 823; S 1177). About extremely fine, lightly toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,700
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Pointed Helmet type [BMC vii], Wallingford, Brandr, brandd on pelinga, bust A, 1.36g/3h (W & W 211, this coin; Freeman 26, this coin cited; SCBI Mack 1219, this coin; SCBI Ashmolean 891, same obv. die; BMC 1276; N 825; S 1179). Peripheral striking weakness, otherwise about extremely fine, dark toned with orange highlights £400-£500
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Sovereign/Eagles type [BMC xi], Wallingford, Brandr, brand on pali:, 1.33g/3h (W & W 229-37; Freeman 27; SCBI Fitzwilliam 1110 and Ashmolean 924, same dies; BMC 1282; N 827; S 1181). Struck from a worn and somewhat flawed reverse die, otherwise good very fine, dark toned £300-£360
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Hammer Cross type [BMC xi], Wallingford, Brandr, brad : on palinge, 1.35g/3h (W & W 258-69; Freeman 28; SCBI Fitzwilliam 931; SCBI South-Eastern Museums 1552, same dies; BMC 1288; N 828; S 1182). Extremely fine, attractively toned £400-£500
Hammer Price: £1,600
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Facing Bust type [BMC xiii], Wallingford, Burgwine, bvrepine on pa, 1.08g/12h (W & W 287-98; Freeman 79; SCBI Ashmolean 1054-5; BMC 1292ff; N 830; S 1183). Good very fine, dark toned £200-£260
Hammer Price: £800
Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Pyramids type without sceptre [BMC xvc], Wallingford, Beorhtmær, crowned and draped bust right, rev. brihtmær on pa:, voided short cross, small crescent at end of each limb, pyramids in angles, 1.32g/12h (W & W 299-301; Freeman 40, this coin cited; SCBI Ashmolean 1080 and BMC 1297, same dies; N 833; S –). Trifling surface marks, otherwise good very fine with a remarkable portrait of the king; excessively rare £3,000-£3,600
Hammer Price: £4,800
Harold II (1066), Penny, PAX type [BMC i], Wallingford, Brandr, brand on palingei, 1.29g/6h (W & W 306; Pagan p.193, this coin cited; Chew Valley 949-59; BMC –; N 836; S 1186). Good very fine, attractively toned £2,400-£3,000
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Profile Left type [BMC i], Wallingford, Beorhtmær, britmar on pai, 1.24g/12h (W & W 323-6; C-B p.55 no.2; EJH(j); SCBI Mack 1351; BMC 46; Allen p.82; Chew Valley 2087-92; N 839; S 1250). Struck from a worn obverse die, otherwise very fine, very rare £600-£800
Hammer Price: £1,500
William I (1066-1087), Penny, Bonnet type [BMC ii], Wallingford, Brandr, brand on pallig, 1.30g/6h (W & W 331, this coin; C-B p.55 no. 1 and pl VI.3, this coin; EJH(e); SCBI Mack 1362, this coin; BMC 153; Allen p.82; N 842; S 1251). Slight weakness at 4 o’clock (and corresponding on reverse), otherwise about extremely fine, dark toned with iridescence £900-£1,200
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