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Click here to subscribeMercia, Coenwulf (796-821), large portrait phase, c.810-c.822/23, Penny, 1.27g., Canterbury, Diormod, +COENVVLF REX M, diademed bust right, rev. +DIORMOD MONETA, cross moline within inner-circle (Naismith C39.2d – this coin; N.252; S.916), flan flaw on neck, minor edge loss, very fine a very rare typePROVENANCEBt. Seaby, 2 February 1956 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anglo-Saxon, Kent, Eadbald (616-640), Thrymsa or Shilling, 1.28g., Crondall phase, c.620-635 (67% AV), London, AVDVARLD REG[ES], first R inverted, diademed bust right, cross before, rev. cross on pellet within beaded inner circle, blundered legend around (cf. Sutherland VI.1, Corpus nos. 77-78 and plate IV, 22, 23; BMC and Dr Andrew Wayne (Spink auction 203, 24 June 2010, 1) same dies; Metcalf 50; N.29; S.758), well struck and centred, slightly irregular flan, a little weakness on reverse, lustre, most pleasing, the first gold coin issued in the name of an English king, extremely fine, extremely rare, known for seven examples PROVENANCEBonhams, 16 October 2007, 325This type was long known to be amongst the earliest of Anglo-Saxon gold coins with a single example present in the important Crondall hoard found in Hampshire in 1828 and dating from c.670. The conclusive attribution of these coins to king Eadbald of Kent, reigned 616-640, though was only made in 1998. This followed the emergence of new finds which enabled the obverse inscription to be confirmed as avdvarld reges, and translated as 'of King Audvarld'. The name 'auduarldus' appears in Bede's Historia Ecclesiastica completed in 731 in which he wrote about king Eadbald of Kent. Given this and the presence of one of these coins in the Crondall hoard, the attribution to Eadbald is now accepted.Whilst the Kentish Shilling or Thrymsa seems to have sought to match the Merovingian Tremissis, the design of this coin is peculiarly Anglo-Saxon using neither motifs found on Merovingian coins nor seeking to copy Roman types. In common with some other coins (e.g. the so called 'Witmen' and 'Londiniv/Londeniv' types), this coin has an inscription on the reverse. This can be clearly read on a example in the Ashmolean Museum as containing the word londenv indicating London as the mint or die source for these coins all of which share the same obverse die. The real significance of these coins is in the obverse inscription naming the historical figure of king Eadbald. This is exceptional for a coin of this period and is only certainly found again at the end of the seventh century with the Sceattas of Aldfrith of Northumbria (685-705). As such the Eadbald Thrymsa is the earliest coin issued in the name of an English king.Eadbald succeeded Aethelberht as king of Kent in 616. Aethelberht is principally remembered for having accepted St. Augustine into his kingdom and his subsequent conversion to Roman Christianity. According to Bede, after his accession Eadbald fell foul of the young Church, rejecting Christianity, ejecting its Bishops and incurring the wrath of the Church committing 'such fornication as the Apostle Paul mentioned as being unheard of even among the heathen, in that he took his father's (second) wife as his own.' Whatever Eadbald did, this situation did not last for he repented and was duly baptized, rejecting his wife and thereafter favouring the Church within his kingdom. These events reflect the conflict and confusion amongst the Anglo-Saxon elite at this time as Christianity sought to assert itself over the Pagan religion. This struggle is best known from the mix of Pagan and Christian artefacts in the Sutton Hoo ship burial, which is contemporaneous to Eadbald and this coin. As to the date of these named Thrymsas or Shillings of Eadbald, the presence of Christian iconography dates them to after his conversion and a date to between 620 and 635 is thought appropriate.CorpusSix coins other than this example are recorded with five of the six in institutional collections. Only one example other than this specimen is therefore in private hands.1. Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, 1.26g, AV 69%, Crondall Hoard, 1828. Dies A/a2. American Numismatic Society, New York, 1.29g, AV 64%, formerly Norweb, SCBI 16/42, ex Lockett I lot 206,
Wessex, Aethelwulf (839-58), first portrait phase, c.844-c.849, Penny, 0.91g., +E[.]VVLF REX, bust right, rev. [.]OSMVND MONETA, cross and wedges (Naismith C116.1l – this coin; N.612; S.1046), chipped, cracking, finePROVENANCEBt. 3 January 1956 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
East Anglia, Aethelstan I (c.825-40), non-portrait phase, Penny, 0.74g., Monne, [.]DELS[.], letter A with contraction bar in inner circle, rev. [.]MOHH MO[..], cross, pellet in each angle (Naismith E38.2f - this coin; N.440; S.950), large fragment, c.60% complete, very finePROVENANCEP. Finn list 1, Spring 1994, 23Ex ChickFound at East Tilbury,Thurrock, April 1992 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.14g, Intermediate Small Cross/Crux mule, Exeter, Edric, diademed bust, no sceptre left, rev. +EDRIC M-O EAXEVI, short voided cross with retrograde C, R, V, X, in angles, this die of local work (BNJ XXXVII p24 fig.7 this coin, N773/770var; S1150/1148), toned with a weak portrait and flan split from 2 o’clock to the shoulder, nearly fine/nearly very fine, excessively rare.PROVENANCE:W R Hooper collection, purchased by Spink c.1950R P V Brettell, Glendining 28 October 1970, lot 62Gift from P Mitchell 31 October 1970 provenanceGift of peter MitchellR P V Brettel, lot 62Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kent, Cuthred (798-807), Penny, 0.73g., tribach type, Canterbury, Sigeberht, +CVÐRED REX, inner-circle with cross with pellet in each angle, rev. SIG EBE RHT, within arms of single line tribach (Naismith C20.1a – this coin; N.208/2; S.876), chipped, otherwise very finePROVENANCEBt. Spink 3 September 1996, ex ChickSpink auction 62, 19 November 1987, 268BNJ Coin Register 1987, 98 and EMC 1987.0098Found in Billingsgate building excavations spoil heaps Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), three line phase, 796-97, Penny, 1.38g., London, Ibba, CENVVLF between hooked lines, uncial M above, REX below, rev. IB/B/A within arms of triple line tribach (Naismith L3c – this coin; N.343; S.912A), small edge loss between 10 and 1 o’clock, otherwise good very finePROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 9 June 2004Chick collectionP Finn, list 8, 1998, 58Found at Fordwich, Canterbury, Kent, October 1995Noted EMC 2001.0776 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
East Anglia, Edmund (c.855-69), early phase, c.855-c.862, Penny, 1.27g., Ethelwulf, +EADMVND REX AN, cross, crescent in each angle, rev. EÐELMLF+IHOH, cross, wedge in each angle (Naismith E55.1o –this coin; N.457; S.954), lightly toned, pleasing, good very finePROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 1 April 2005 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-70), group I, c.833-50, Penny, 1.06g., Canterbury, Swefheard, +CIALNOÐ ARCEZ, facing tonsured bust, rev. +SVEBH[E]ARD MO chi-rho within inner-circle (Naismith C118e – this coin; SCBI 20, 663 – this coin; N.242; S.893), chip at 7 o’clock, usual poor strike, otherwise about very finePROVENANCESNC. September 1989, 4586Spink auction 64, 23 June 1988, 139SNC, September 1987, 5084 and September 1985, 5725R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 663Bt. Baldwin auction, 31 October 1961, 41Lord Grantley III, 22-23 March 1944, 902With Mack ticket Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Offa (757-96), heavy coinage, c.792-96, Penny, 1.20g., Canterbury, Babba, +OFFA/REX uncial M above with trefoils at sides, various pellets in fields, rev. BABBA between two lines, uncial M above between large annulets, arcs with pellets below (Chick 220c – this coin; N.-; S.908), minor edge loss, surface crack on reverse, very fine, rarePROVENANCEBaldwin auction 36, 4 may 2004, 40SNC March 1993, 990Found near Babraham, Cambs., 1992 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
East Anglia, Eadwald (798-c.798/800), three line types, Penny, 1.10g., ?Ipswich, Wihtred, REX/+EADVA/D[.], in three lines, rev. [.]/HT/RE/D, in angles of a lozenge, within which four pellets cruciform, from which arms fourchÉe extend, each linked within a quatrefoil (cf. Naismith E4b – this coin; N.433; S.947), a large fragment, good detail, good very fine, extremely rarePROVENANCEP. Finn, list 4, 1995, 88 Ex ChickSNC, September 1987, 5087BNJ Coin Register 1987, 116Noted EMC 1987.0116Found Wetherinsett-cum-Brockford, near Ipswich. Suffolk, 1987 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Offa (757-96), light coinage, c.780-92, portrait types, Penny, 1.27g., London, Ealdnoth, +OFFA+/+REX, diademed ‘Roman’ bust right in beaded inner-circle, rev. +EAL/ĐNOĐ, divided by beaded line with fleur at each end (Chick 34; N.-; S.905), dished, light porosity, very fine, rare, the only coin noted by Chick for this moneyerPROVENANCE Bt. Baldwin, March 1999 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Northumbria, Aethelred I (second reign 789-96) Sceatta, 0.83g., Eanbald, EDILR+ED, cross, rev. +EANBA.LD, pellet within small beaded inner circle (Abr Y250; N.185/1; S.856), obverse weakness, nearly very fine / very fine, rareThe attribution of Eanbald as a moneyer is preferred here, as in North, for this coin rather than it being a joint issue of Aethelred I and Archbishop Eanbald as has been suggested by some. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Ceolwulf II (874-c.880), cross and lozenge coinage, Penny, 1.15g., London, Liafwald, +CIOLVV-LF REX, diademed bust right, rev. LIOF/VAL/DMO/NET, in angles of cross crosslet with lozenge centre within which a small cross (Blackburn and Keynes, 39 – this coin; N.429; S.944), some edge loss and edge splits, otherwise good detail, nearly very fine, very rare PROVENANCESpink auction 119, 4 March 1997, 82Ex Pitstone, Buckinghamshire find, before September 1996 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny (2), Crux type, Exeter, Hunewine, and Crux type, Northampton, Leofwine, the first pierced with a small edge crack, almost very fine, the second broken in two and glued, very fine. (2)PROVENANCE:The first ex Lt. Col. H Allcard (1969)The second bt. September 1960 provenance:(i) Acquired 15 February 1969Lieutenant Colonel H Allcard collection(ii) Acquired 22 September 1960Lord Stewartby notes in 'The Exeter Mint and its Moneyers' (R P V Brettell sale catalogue, Glens 28/10/70) that; 'An important feature of West Country coinage, particularly at this period, is the occurrence of certain moneyers' names at more that one mint in circumstances which suggest that the moneyer could well have been the same individual.'. He continues; 'Hunewine is perhaps the most interesting of all names to occur on coins of Exeter. His types of this mint are few - Crux and Cb of Ethelred, Quatrefoil of Cnut and one or two Edward the Confessor types of c. 1050. However, the name Hunewine appears on every main type from Second Hand of Ethelred to Pointed Helmet of Cnut, at a total of six mints.'. It will be noticed that, with the exception of Hild. Cb, which is, anyway, only a mule type within the Crux issue, Hunewine's name does not appear in two consecutive types at the same two mints. This means that all the listed varieties could be explained as the products of a single moneyer on a protracted itinerary - starting at Totnes, passing via Exeter to Ilchester (or vice versa) in Crux, then on for a longish period of activity at Watchet, before moving finally to Lydford, after brief stops at Axbridge and Exeter, early in Cnut's reign. The two Cb coins appear to be from the same Intermediate Small Cross obverse die, and this link between the Exeter and Ilchester mints would assist the probability of a single moneyer being involved at the various mints. Furthermore, Mr Lyon has observed that Hunewine's Quatrefoil coin of Lydford appears to be from the same obverse die as a coin (H. 3589) of the moneyer Aelfsig at Ilchester.'.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Aethelwulf (839-58), phase I, 839-c.844, Penny, 0.90g., anonymous ?episcopal coinage, Rochester, +[.]ELVVLF REX, cross and wedges, rev. +OCC[.]NTALIVM, monogram SAX/ONIO/RVM within inner circle (Naismith R18.1b - this coin; N.597; S.1045), chipped, c.70% complete coin, good fine, very rare Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred (805-32), group I c.805-10, Penny, 1.19g., Canterbury, +VVLFREDI [.]CHIEPISCOPI, facing tonsured bust within inner circle, rev. +DOROVER[.]A CIFITATIS, alpha and omega within inner-circle (Naismith C26.2;. SCBI 20, 654 – this coin; N.236; S.887), chipped, otherwise very fine, extremely rare, this reverse only known for five coinsPROVENANCEBt. SNC, December 1992, 7423R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 654Lord Grantley III, Glendining, 22-23 March 1944, 895 Bt. Grantley from Spink in 1902 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Aethelheard (793-805), second issue, c.793-96, with Offa as overlord, Penny, 1.27g., Canterbury, +OFFA/REX, in two lines, uncial M above, rev. AEDIL/HEARD/ARCEPI, contraction bars above, in three lines (Chick 247b – this coin; N.229; S.885), minor edge chip at 12 o’clock, nearly very fine, extremely rarePROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, June 2002Found in East Anglia, c.1998 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Aethelwulf (839-58), first portrait phase, c.844-849, Penny, 1.14g., Canterbury, Deiheah, +EDE[.]VVLF RE, bust right, rev. +DEIHE[.]H MONETA, cross crosslet (Naismith C107.2j- this coin; N.610; S.1047), chipped, otherwise very finePROVENANCEBt. 24 April 1964, possibly ex Walters Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anglo-Saxon, Sceatta (3), 1.00g., secondary phase, c.710-c.760, series J, York issues, type 85, diademed head right, rev. cross, annulet each side, bird above (Abr. J120; N.128; S.802), base metal, edge chips, good fine; 0.40g., series K, type 42, bust right cross before, rev. hound left looking back at tree (Abr. K210; N.100; S.803A) about fine, rare, 0.95g., series K, type 32a, similar, rev. curled wolf (Abr. K430; N.91; S.803C), edge test marks , possibly a cast of a similar coin in the Ashmolean, fair, very rare (3) PROVENANCEThe first, bt. 14 August 1980The second, bt. March 1978The third, bt. March 1978 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Eadgar (959-75), Penny (2), 1.29g., HR 2, North Western, Frothric, +EADGA REX, rev. FREO/ÐRIC, cross, annulet each side, rosettes above and below (N.745; S.1130), chipped, good fine, rare, 1.22g, HR2, similar, rev. OÐEL/RIHT ( CTCE plate 19, 148 - this coin; N.745; S.1130), fair, unique of this moneyer, rare (2)PROVENANCEThe first, bt. 20 December 1954The second, bt. Spink 9 April 1980 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Berhtwulf (840-52), non-portrait types, Penny, 0.76g., London, Burnwald, +BERHTVV[.]REX, chi rho in inner circle, rev. +BVRNVVALD[.]O, extended uncial M, trefoil each side (Naismith L33.11a - this coin; N.404/1; S.936), large chip and portion ?reattached, the only example recorded of this design, fine, extremely rare PROVENANCEBt. Spink 6 August 1991SNC February 1991, 182Found Tilbury, Thurrock, 1986/87 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kent, Ecgberht II (c. 765-c.780), Penny, 0.96g., Canterbury, Babba, +EGCBERHT, RX within inner circle, rev. BABBA in angles of long cross crosslet (Chick 85d – this coin; SCBI 20, 639 – this coin; N.199; S.874), reverse metal occlusion, ?pierced, minor edge loss and some scuffs, good fine, extremely rare, a great rarityPROVENANCEBt, Spink, September 1991D. Dupree, collection acquired by Spink, 1990Commander R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 639R.C. Lockett III, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, 2628G.J. Bascom, Sotheby, 15 June 1914, 12E.W. Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June 1909J.D. Cuff, Sotheby 8 June 1854, 279The Lockett sale and Chick both note this coin as pierced, but this is not stated in the Mack Sylloge. The metal occlusion on the reverse might typically appear to be a plug but there is no sign of this in the corresponding place on the obverse. It is possible there was damage to the reverse surface which was repaired.The pennies of Heaberht and Ecgberht II of Kent are the among the earliest broad-flan pennies to be struck and pre-date the main light coinage of Offa. Chick lists twenty-two surviving coins of Ecgberht II, with four of this type Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Aethelheard (793-805), fifth issue, c.798-805, with Coenwulf as overlord, Penny, 1.07g., Canterbury, initial cross beaded, +ADILHEARD AR, around E-P within beaded inner circle, rev. +COENVVLF REX, uncial M within beaded inner-circle (Naismith C22.1r – this coin; Mack SCBI 20, 652- this coin; N.232; S.886A), minor edge loss around 9 o’clock, even old tone, extremely fine, very rarePROVENANCESotheby, 14 October 1999, 450L.R. Stack, Sotheby, 22-23 April 1999, 254Ridgemount, Spink auction 69, 20 April 1989, 28SNC October 1975, 8713R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 653V.J.E. Ryan, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, 592L.E. Bruun, Sotheby, 18-25 May 1925, 41P. Carlyon-Britton II, 20 November 1916, 894 With L.R. Stack ticket Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Eustace Fitzjohn, Penny, 0.86g, York Issues, [ ]STAOhI[ ], lion right with ornaments in field, rev. + ornaments in legend in place of letters, cross fleury over ornamented saltire, annulets in field (N931; S1320), a fragment, otherwise very fine with much detail, very rarePROVENANCE:L A Lawrence collectionMabbot collection, Schulman 1970(?), lot 999Dr. B Bird, Glendining 20 November 1974, lot 300Bt. December 1978The provenance given in the Bird catalogue as ex Grantley, Youde and Mack is incorrect. There are a number of copies of this fragment, the Mack sylloge piece weighing 1.34g (20.68grains). This would imply a full coin weighing approx. 2 grams, which is clearly too high. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Viking Kingdom of York, c.895-920, St Peter, late phase I, ‘Swordless,’ c.905-10, Penny, 1.19g., SCI PETRI, in single line with I above and R below the T, large cross above, trefoil in each angle, key below, rev. +I.IA CFC, small cross (N.551 var.; S.1006 var.), good very fine, an extremely rare variety of the St Peter coinage of YorkPROVENANCERecorded EMC 2001.041 and BNJ Coin Register 2002, 172Found five miles east of York, 2002Same dies as a specimen in the National Museum Copenhagen, found in the Bossall (Yorks.) hoard deposited c.925 (Numismatic Chronicle 1983, plate 23, no. N1).The latest of ‘Swordless’ St Peter pennies have the inscription in a single line rather than set in two lines as normally found. Symbols such as a cross and key, as here, as well as floral devices and what look like, in one case, a candelabrum also appear. The reverse inscription, in common with the later coins, has become so blundered that the original literate form of EBORACE CIVITAS is all but lost. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Ceolwulf I (821-23), group IIA, Penny, 1.22g., Rochester. Eahlstan, +CIOLVVLF REX M, uncial M, head right within inner circle, rev. +EALH[.]AN MONET, cross crosslet (Naismith R6.4b - this coin; SCBI 20, 592 – this coin; N.282; S.925), chipped, flan crack above head, otherwise even old tone, good detail and about very fine, extremely rare PROVENANCEGlendining, 2 October 1985, 66SNC, March 1983, 1033R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 592R.C. Lockett III, Glendining, 4-6 November 1958, 2660G.J. Bascom, Sotheby, 15 June 1914, 11E.W. Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June 1909, 79W. Salt, Sotheby, 21 April 1868, 791J.D. Cuff, Sotheby, 8 June 1854, 13bRecorded EMC 1020.0592With Mack ticket Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, 1.58g., portrait type, Winchester dies, c.910-15, Wulfred, +EADVVEARD REX, diademed bust left of neat style, rev. VVLF+/RED MO, divided by cross and pellet, pellet above and below (N.651; S.1084 – same dies as illustrated coin), weakly struck on bust, well centred and full, very fine Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Jaenberht (766-92), with Offa as overlord, after 775, Penny, 1.22g., Canterbury, OFFA REX, in two lines, divided by beaded bar terminating with fleurs, horizontal cross above, and below, rev. +IENBERHT AREP, small cross pommÉe within a petal in each angle within plain inner-circle (Chick 155d – this coin; N.2234; S.882), lightly toned, nearly very fine, a good example of this rare issue, extremely rare PROVENANCEL.R. Stack, Sotheby 22-23 April 1999, 252Found at Lodge farm, Cobham Hall, near Rochester, 1989Recorded EMC 1999.1002 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward the Confessor (1042-66), (3), Cut halfpenny (1), Trefoil/Quadrilateral (1), mint and moneyer uncertain, cracked, fine; Penny (2), Expanding Cross Heavy Issue (1), mint and moneyer uncertain , a large fragment, toned, good fine; Sovereign/Eagles (1), mint and moneyer uncertain, approx. half a coin, pierced, .fine (3) Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Aethelberht (858-65), Penny, 0.96g., floreate cross type, Dudda, +AEÐELBEART REX, bust right, rev. +DVDDA MONETA, cross fleury with leaf shaped wedges in angles (Naismith C214.1d – this coin; N.621; S.1054), edge chipping between three and nine o’clock, weakness on reverse, porous surfaces, very rarePROVENANCEBaldwin auction, 13 October 1998, 166 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
East Anglia, Aethelweard (c.840-c.855), Penny, 1.30g., Dudda, +EÐELƿEARD REX, letter A, pellet each side within inner-circle, rev. +DVDDA MONE, cross pellet in each angle (Naismith E49.1c – this coin; N.450; S.953), ragged edge at five o’clock, nearly very fine, rarePROVENANCEC.J. Martin list, March 1996, H43SNC. March 1993, 997Ex D. Dupree, collection acquired by Spink c.1990V.J.E. Ryan, Glendining, 22-24 January 1952, 654E.W. Rashleigh, Sotheby, 21 June 1909, 114,Ex Brice, Sotheby, 31 May 1853 (duplicates), 1 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Henry I (1100-35), Penny, 0.87g, Voided Cross and Fleurs type, (BMC V), Ipswich, Ædgar, crowned bust facing, annulets by neck, rev. +ÆDGAR[ ]: ON GIPES, cross pattÉe voided with annulet centre; in each angle, a voided trefoil with an annulet at its base (N861; S1266), surface cracks and a little porous, almost fine, the reverse better, excessively rarePROVENANCE:DNW 46, 31 May 2000, lot 158In the DNW catalogue the moneyer is attributed as Germane, however, it is difficult to reconcile this with the legend. At 3 o’clock is a G of similar style to that of the mint signature, with the previous two letters appearing to be ED. The following letter has a surface split coincident with what would be the crossbar of an N. We have therefore re-attributed this coin to Ædgar. This name is too short by one letter to fill the space available, however, a double R is possible. Ædgar strikes both earlier and later types at Ipswich. This was the first recorded coin of the type for the mint. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), tribach phase, 797-805, Penny, 1.14g., London, Diola, +COENVVLF REX, beaded inner-circle with uncial M, rev. DI/OL/A, three line tribach (Naismith L9.2b – this coin; N.342; S.914), edge loss between 12 and 5 o’clock, otherwise very finePROVENANCEC.J. Martin, list 23, H40, bt. 8 June 1996 SNC October 1993, 7113Glendining 3 October 1998, 143 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), cross and wedges phase, 805-10, Penny, 0.91g., Canterbury, Eaba, +CO[.]REX M, diademed bust right, rev. +EABA MON[.], cross and wedges (Naismith C25d – this coin; N.344; S.915), a fragment, c.50% of complete coin, good finePROVENANCEBt. December 1954 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Hiberno-Norse Kingdom of York, Uncertain, possibly anonymous, mid-940s, Penny, 1.71g., horizontal type, HT1, +EL.T.A.NGERHT, rev. RERN/ART. (CTCE. Group VIII, f, this coin, illus. pl 27, 20; N.548/1; S.1027A), slightly crimped, among the latest issues of the Hiberno-Norse kingdom of York, very fine, extremely rarePROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 7 March 1979Ex. F. BaldwinG.C. Drabble, Glendining, 4 July 1939, 407aPossibly ex WellsNoted for 6 examples in CTCE, p.233 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kent, regal anonymous issues (c.822-23), Penny, 1.22g., Canterbury, Swefherd, +SVVEF[..]D MONETA, diademed head right, rev. .DOR[OB]/ERNIA CI/VITAS, in three lines (Naismith C55.2e - this coin; N.221/2; S.978), large chip, c.70% complete, small crack associated with break, very fine, extremely rare PROVENANCESNC June 1984, 3575, ex ‘old Canterbury collection, c.1920 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.13g, First Small Cross type, Stamford, Wulfgar, diademed bust left, rev. +PVLFGAR M-O STAM•, small cross pattÉe (N764; S1143), slight flattening in the legend both sides, well centred with a dark tone, a bold very fine, noted on old ticket as an erased annulet in reverse field, old die of Edward the Martyr and unpublished, extremely rare.PROVENANCE:Duke of Argyll collection, purchased by Spink 1949Bt. 14 December 1954 provenance:Acquired 14 December 1954N D Campbell, 15th Duke of Argyll, collection purchased by Spink 1949This coin was the subject of an article by Lord Stewartby entitled; 'The Stamford Mint and the Connexion with the Abbot of Peterborough under Aethelred II' in BNJ 1955-57. It is argued here that on the opening of the Abbot's private mint at Medeshamstede the reverse annulet ceased to be placed on coins at Stamford. The current coin is a die duplicate of a piece in the British Museum which diplays an annulet on the reverse (p.110, No 3). It is purported that, coinciding with the establishment of the mint at Medehamstede, the reverse annulet was removed from the die as appears on this piece. Footnote No 4 on p.110 reads; 'It has been suggested that the annulet was removed from the coin, not the die. Those who have examined the coin carefully under a glass, however, now all agree that the die has been altered.' It was subsequently put forward by Mark Blackburn in BNJ 2000 that the mint of Medehamstede is more likely to be Melton Mowbray on the grounds of a new piece which extended the mint signature to 'Metheltu'.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Coenwulf (796-821), large portrait phase, c.810-c.822/23, Penny, 1.04g., Canterbury, Sigestef, +C[.]VLF REX M, diademed bust right, rev. +SIGESTEF M[.], large letter A within inner circle (Naismith C42a – this coin; SCBI 20, 587 – this coin; N.-; S.916), good detail and pleasing portrait, substantial chipping, c.70% complete coin otherwise about extremely fine, extremely rare PROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 30 November 2005Baldwin auction 18, 12 October 1998, 1641Spink auction, 19 November 1987, 273SNC, May 1984, 2765R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 587SNC, October 1955, RCL 29R.C. Lockett I, Glendining, 6-9 June 1955, 375Lord Grantley III, 22-23 March 1944, 850 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Anglo-Saxon, Sceatta, 0.48g., secondary phase, c.710-c.760, series L or K, eclectic types, ‘Celtic’ cross group, coarse bust right, rev. Celtic cross, arms extending from central pellet, pellet within rosettes in each angle (SCBI 20, 343 – this coin; cf. Abr. Cc2d; N.76; S.822), chipped, fine, rarePROVENANCEBt. Spink, May 1986R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 343, with Mack ticketBt. Spink July 1965 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
William I (1066-87), Halfpenny, 0.54g, Canopy type, Derby, Colbein, bust facing crowned and diademed within canopy of two columns, rev. +COLBE[ ] OR, double quadrilateral with incurved sides, fleury at the angles; annulet in centre (BNJ vol.II, pl.II no.28 this coin, N843; S1252), very fine, extremely rarePROVENANCE:P W P Carlyon-Britton collectionR C Lockett, Glendining 6-9 June 1955, lot 902Bt. May 1978Believed to be the only known coin of this type for Derby Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred (805-32), group IV, anonymous issues under Ecgberht of Wessex, c.822-c.823, Penny, 1.22g., Canterbury, Swefherd, +SVVEFHERD MONETA, facing tonsured bust within inner circle, rev. DORO/BERNIA CIVIT/S, cross above between two pellets (Naismith C59.2j – this coin; N.238S.238), crack at 7 o’clock, lightly toned, good very finePROVENANCEBt. Studio coins, December 2004SNC August 2004, HS1740 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.32g, ‘Watford’ type, (BMC I), London, Liefred, bust right, crowned and diademed, holding sceptre in right hand, obv. legend reads STEFANVS REX, this cut over HENRIC, annulets in crown, rev. [ ]RED:ON:LVND:, cross moline with a fleur in each angle (N875/1; S1278), the portrait a little soft, the reverse strong, struck on a small flan, nearly very fine, very rareThis coin is struck from an altered obverse die of Henry I type XV. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
East Anglia, Aethelstan I (c.825-40), non-portrait phase, c.830-837/38, Penny, 1.24g., +EDELSTAN, around letter A, contraction bar above, rev. +REX ANG, around inverted uncial M (Naismith E32.1bb - this coin; N.439; S.950), slight crimping, full coin, good very fine PROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 29 July 2004 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kent, Cuthred (798-807), Penny, 1.03g., portrait type, cross and wedges phase, 805-07, Canterbury, Duda, CVÐRED REX CANT, diademed bust right, rev. +DVDA MONETA, large letter A, pellet each side within inner-circle (Naismith C30.2a – this coin; N.212; S.877), edge chipping 9 to 4 o’clock, overall good fine, extremely rare, the only example noted of this type PROVENANCEBt. Baldwin 30 November 2005BNJ Coin Register 1993, 189 and EMC 1993.0189Found at Burgh Castle, Norfolk, 1993 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Kent, Baldred (c.823-25), Penny, 1.09g., non-portrait, Canterbury, Tidbearht, [+]BELDRED REX C[AN], cross within inner-circle, rev. [+TI]DBEARHT, cross within inner-circle, one limb fourchÉe (Naismith C65.2g- this coin; N.213; S.880), large chip, otherwise about extremely fine, very rarePROVENANCEBt. September 2002Found near Dorchester, Dorset, 2002, noted in The Searcher, August 2012 p.12 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Edward the Martyr (975-78), Penny, 1.36g. London, Aedestan, diademed bust left, rev. +ÆDESTAN M-O LVN. (N.763; S.1142), signs of die rust on reverse, even grey tone, very fine, rare Lord Stewartby notes ‘Probably the specimen found at Reculver in the eighteenth century’ It has only been possible to trace one other Martyr penny of Aethelstan at London; Coin register 1988, No 167. There is no prictorial record of this coin and so a line drawing from Stowe MS 1049, fol. 26, no. 20 is shown.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
East Anglia, Aethelstan I (c.825-40), non-portrait phase, c.830-837/38, Penny, 1.25g., three line type, Monne, +EDELSTANI, letter A, contraction bar above in inner-circle, pellet each side, rev. MOH/+MOHE/TA, in three lines ( Naismith E38.1h- this coin; N.443; S.949), a little weakly struck, full coin, pleasing light tone, very fine, very rarePROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 29 July 2004SNC December 1994, 7883 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Stephen (1135-54), Penny, 1.29g, Cross and Piles type, (BMC VI), Castle Rising, Rodbert, bust three-quarters left, crowned and holding a sceptre in right hand, rev. [ ]RT:ON:RIS, cross fleury with a pile surmounted by a trefoil of annulets in each angle (N879; S1281), large split almost cutting the coin in two but stable, good detail where struck up, very fine, very rarePROVENANCE:Wicklewood HoardBt. Baldwin 15 May 1990, lot 90 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Imitation, mid-tenth century, Penny, 1.04g., circumscription cross type, ?North East Midlands, cross, blundered legend / large cross, pellet by inner circle, blundered legend (N-; S.-), chipped, about very fine PROVENANCEBt. Baldwin June 1973The style of this coin seems to imitate the southern types of Eadgar, see SCBI 34, 1087-89. Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.45g, First Hand type, Southampton, Æthelman, diademed bust right, rev. ÆĐELMAN M-O HAMPI•, Hand of Providence issuing from clouds dividing A W (N766; S1144), a few surface marks and slightly soft centres, otherwise almost very fine, very rare.PROVENANCE:W C Wells, collection purchased by Baldwin 1949F Elmore Jones, Glendining 12-13 May 1971, lot 743Bt Baldwin 2004Only one coin of this moneyer listed in Hildebrand provenance:Purchased by Baldwin's at the Elmore Jones sale for £85 (ticket by Peter Mitchell)F Elmore Jones, Glendining, 12-13 May 1971, lot 743W C Wells collection, purchased by Baldwin's after 1949William Charles Wells is the author of ‘The Northampton and Southampton mints’ published in BNJ in four parts throughout the 1920s and early 30s. An update on this seminal work on the mints was published by Dolley in SNC April 1955, p.159-62. The footnote for this coin in the Elmore Jones sale reads; 'Very fine and excessively rare, only one coin of this moneyer listed in Hildebrand; ex Wells'.Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Aethelred II (978-1016), Penny, 1.11g, Last Small Cross type, London, Leofnoth, diademed bust left, rev. +LEOFNOĐ M-O LVNDE, small cross pattÉe with an E in the reverse field (N777; S1154), a thin surface crack on the reverse does not penetrate through to the obverse, light golden tone, almost very fine.The reason for the various marks seen in the fields of this issue noted in North are unexplained. However, close examination of this particular coin suggests that it is not the letter E but the remains of drapery from an obverse die which was subsequently recut as an obverse .Worthy of further research.PROVENANCE:Bt. January 1956 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Aethelberht (858-65), Penny, 0.91g., inscribed cross type, Canterbury, Diarmod, +AEÐELBEART RE[X], bust right, rev. +DIAR[M]/OD MO/N/E/T/A, on arms and in angles of an open cross (Naismith C181g - this coin; N.620; S.1053) large chip, c.70% complete, nearly very fine/very finePROVENANCEBt. 14 December 1954 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Wessex, Aethelwulf (839-58), early phase, 839-c.844, Penny, 1.12g., Rochester, Beagmund, EÐELVVLF REX, crude head right within inner circle, rev. +BEAGMVND, cross within inner-circle (Naismith R19.1b – this coin; SCBI 20,705 – this coin; N.592, 594; S.1042), chipped between three and five o’clock, very finePROVENANCEGlendining, 8 September 1993, 410Glendining, 9 July 1986, 202SNC, December 1983, 9196R.P. Mack, SCBI 20, 705Ex WellsRecorded EMC 1020.0705Middle Temple hoard, 1893 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-70), group II, c.850-52, Penny, 0.82g., Canterbury, Lil, +CEOLNO[.]RCHIEPS, facing tonsured bust, rev. +LIL MONET[.]VERN, plain long cross in inner-circle CI/VI/T/AS in angles (Naismith C135.f - this coin; N.243; S.893), a fragment, c.60% complete, fine, extremely rarePROVENANCEBt. 25 May 1964Lord Grantley III, 22-23 March 1944, 902 Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
Mercia, Offa (757-96), light coinage, c.780-92, portrait types, Penny, 1.07g., Canterbury, Ealraed, OFFA REX, part retrograde, bust right, rev. EA/LR/AE/D, on arms of Celtic cross, small cross at centre, trefoil headed decoration in angles (Chick 97B - this coin; N.291; S.905), full flan, good fine, rarePROVENANCEBt. Baldwin, 1957Ex C.A. Chilvers Subject to 20% VAT on Buyer’s Premium. For more information please view Terms and Conditions for Buyers.
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