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Kings of Wessex, Edward the Elder (899-924), Penny, Portrait type [HLT 1], Leofhelm, eadvveard rex around diademed bust left, rev. liofhelm m¯o divided by three crosses pattée, trefoils of pellets flanking further cross pattée above, trefoil of pellets below, 1.58g/12h (CTCE 31; SCBI Ashmolean 309 and CNG 103, 1164, same dies; BMC –; N 651; S 1084). Slightly crimped, otherwise about very fine, clear portrait, toned, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,500
Northumbria (York), Siefred, Penny, siefredvs rex around cross-crosslet, rev. eb iai cec ivi around small cross flanked by four groups of three pellets, 1.25g/3h (Lyon/Stewart Gp 1h; SCBI Ashmolean 124, same dies; BMC 1023; N 494; S 979). Very fine and toned, rare £900-1,200
Kings of East Anglia, Æthelstan I (c. 827-45), Penny, Late Phase, Tuduwine, aedelstan re around cross pattée, rev. tvdpine mo around cross pattée, 1.32g/6h (Naismith E47.5a, this coin; Pagan, BNJ 1982, p.64, I, 1, this coin; N 446; S 951). A little surface discolouration, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £1,600
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, Canterbury style, Deorweald, elfred rex doro around cross pattée, rev. diarvald mo divided by three central pellets, additional single pellet above and below, 1.53g/12h (SCBI Norweb 144, same rev. die; BMC 10; N 635; S 1069). About very fine £800-1,000
Kings of All England, Eadwig (955-9), Penny, Two Line type [HT 1, Midlands and South], Boga, eadvvig · rex around cross pattée, rev. boga mo¯ne · divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.20g/9h (CTCE 6; BMC –; N 724; S 1122). Very fine, toned £800-1,000
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Penny, Circumscription Cross type [Southern Group], Winchester, Ælfsige, eadgar rex to b¯ri around small cross pattée, rev. ælfsige mo vvin around small cross pattée, 1.60g/12h (Lessen, SNC April 2003, no. 1, this coin; CTCE 240 and pl. 21, same obv. die; BMC –; N 749; S 1135). Concave flan, very fine and very rare £900-1,200
Carausius (286-293), Denarius, London, 286-7, laureate and draped bust right, rev. fel[icita a]vg, galley with rowers to right, waves below, rsr in exergue, 3.55g (Shiel 48-54; RIC 560; Sear 13511; S –). Fine, very rare £300-360
Danes of York, St Peter coinage, Penny, Phase I, Heavy issue, scie trn in two lines separated by two crosses pattée and a central pellet, rev. eborac around cross pattée, 1.19g/4h (cf. SCBI Merseyside 421; N 551; S 1006). Very fine, toned £700-900
Hammer Price: £1,700
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, ‘Berhtwulf’ Portrait Phase [II], Rochester, Wealhheard, edelvvlf rex around diademed and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. vvelhheard around cross pattée with two limbs moline, 1.13g/9h (Naismith R31a, this coin; BMC –; cf. N 600; S 1047). Edge chip, otherwise very fine and attractively toned, extremely rare; only one other coin of the type for the moneyer listed by Naismith £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £1,800
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, First Portrait Phase [II], Canterbury, Deora, edelvvlf r · e around small diademed and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. diar · moneta· around cross-crosslet, 1.41g/3h (Naismith C108.1j, this coin; SCBI BM 1136, same dies; BMC 43; N 610; cf. S 1047-8). Small edge chip, otherwise very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Penny, Circumscription Cross type [Southern Group], Southampton, Landbeorht, eadga · r rex anglorv : around small cross pattée, rev. landbrvht m¯o nant around small cross pattée, 1.51g/3h (Lessen, SNC April 2003, no. 2, this coin; CTCE –; BMC –; N 749; S 1135). Concave flan, bright appearance, very fine and of the highest rarity; perhaps the only known specimen £2,000-3,000
CORIELTAUVI, Volisios Dumnocoveros, base gold Stater, volisios between three lines in wreath, rev. horse left, dvmnoco[veros], 5.16g (BMC 3331; ABC 1980; S 416). Light spade mark on reverse, otherwise about extremely fine and well-struck £900-1,200
Hammer Price: £1,900
Archbishops of Canterbury, Ceolnoth (833-70), Penny, Gp I, Canterbury, Wynhere, cialnod are around draped and tonsured facing bust breaking inner circle, rev. vvnere moneta around Dorobernia Civi monogram, 1.35g/12h (Naismith C105j and o, this coin; BMC 58; N 241; S 893). Obverse legend a trifle weak, otherwise very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Southern Danelaw, Alfred, Penny, Viking imitation of Oxford type, veffred dividing orsiia+ forda, quatrefoil of pellets below, rev. berntvld mo divided by two crosses pattée, 1.39g/3h (BMC 138; Lockett 3647, same dies; N 472; S 971). Very fine and toned, rare £1,000-1,500
Carausius (286-293), Antoninianus, London, 287-8, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust left, holding spear, rev. adventvs avg, Emperor on horseback left, holding sceptre, captive seated at lower left, ml in exergue, 4.25g (RIC 11; cf. Sear 13551; S –). Good very fine, very rare £200-300
Kings of East Anglia, Eadmund (855-69), Penny, Late Phase, Beornheah, eadmvnd rex around chevron-barred A, rev. beornhaeh around cross pattée with pellet in angles, 1.13g/6h (Naismith E63f, this coin [recté 1.13g]; Pagan, BNJ 1982, p.74, I, 1, this coin; BMC 51, MEC I, 1176 and Stewartby 113, same obv. die; N 456; S 954). Very fine, toned £800-1,000
Hammer Price: £2,000
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Saxoniorum Phase [I], Canterbury, Osmund, edelvvlf rex around cross pattée with wedges in angles, rev. osmvnd moneta around saxoniorvm in three lines, 1.32g/3h (Naismith C101l, this coin; BMC 29; N 596; S 1044). Very fine, light grey tone, rare £1,500-2,000
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Penny, Bust Crowned type, Bedford, Leofstan, eadgar rex around crowned bust right breaking inner circle, rev. liofstan moneta · be around small cross pattée, 1.22g/3h (CTCE 348; Bagshawe –; SCBI BM 1148, same dies [= BMC 3]; N 751; S 1139). Good fine, very rare £1,500-2,000
Archbishops of Canterbury, Jænberht (765-92), under Offa [c. 782-92], Penny, iaenberht are around cross with wedges in angles, rev. offa rex in lunettes divided by a beaded bar with fleurs at either end, 0.97g/11h (Chick 157d, this coin; Blunt 131; N 223; S 882). About very fine, extremely rare; only four specimens of this type listed by Chick £2,400-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,200
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf, Penny, Inscribed Cross Phase [IV], Canterbury, Æthelnoth, aedelvvlf rex around draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. edelnod moneta arranged on limbs of and around beaded cross, 1.25g/12h (Naismith C139, this coin listed as untraced; BMC 68; N 618; S 1051). Good very fine with an excellent portrait, toned £2,000-2,600
Southern Danelaw, Alfred, Halfpenny, Viking imitation of Two Line type, el fr ed re around small cross pattée, rev. diarvald mo in two lines, pellet above and below, 0.55g/12h (BMC –; N 640 [475.9 new]; S 970). About very fine, very rare £800-1,000
Carausius (286/7-293), Denarius, London, 286-7, laureate and draped bust right, rev. expectate vini, Britannia standing right, holding standard in left hand and clasping the hand of the Emperor, who holds a sceptre, rsr in exergue, 4.35g (Shiel 30; RIC 554; Sear 13508; S 668). Part weak, otherwise obverse very fine, reverse fine, very rare £400-500
Constantine I (Cæsar, 306-307), Follis, London, November-December 307, second reduction, laureate and cuirassed bust right, rev. mars victor, Mars advancing right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder, pln in exergue, 6.59g (CT 5.03.006; RIC 92; Sear 15537; S –). About extremely fine, attractive brown patina, very rare; superior to the Cloke/Toone plate coin £90-120
Hammer Price: £2,400
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase I, Wessex Lunettes type, Bosa, aelbred rex around diademed bust right, rev. bosa moneta in and between two unbroken lunettes, 1.41g/3h (Lyons/Mackay AfL 1.8, this coin; SCBI BM 1375 [BMA 455], same obv. die; Lockett 485, same rev. die; N 625; S 1057). Fine, reverse better, dark patina £600-800
Kings of All England, Eadgar, Penny, Bust Crowned type, no mint name [East Anglian style], Folcard, eadgar rex around crowned bust right breaking inner circle, rev. folchard moneta around small cross pattée, 1.53g/12h (CTCE 377; cf. BMC 207; N 750; S 1138). Some peripheral weakness, a slight surface crack and some light scratches on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £1,800-2,200
Kings of East Anglia, Beonna (c. 758), Sceatta, Efe, beonna rex around pelleted annulet, rev. efe around cross with lozenge centre enclosing a cross pommée, 0.95g/3h (Archibald, BNJ 1985, C27, this coin [recté 0.95g]; Blackburn/Bonser, BNJ 1986, p.77, no.48, this coin; SCBI Hunterian 412, same obv. die; BMC 1; N 430; S 945). Good very fine, rare £2,000-3,000
Hammer Price: £2,600
Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great, Penny, Phase II, Cross-and-Lozenge type, London style, Leofweald, elfred rex around diademed bust right, rev. liafvald mon in angles of beaded long cross with lozenge centre enclosing cross pattée, 1.28g/9h (Blackburn/Keynes 30, this coin; SCBI Mack 731, and p.xii, this coin; N 629, and pl. x, 19, this coin; S 1058). Broken and very skilfully repaired, otherwise very fine and full, very rare £3,000-4,000
Southern Danelaw, Plegmund, Penny, Viking imitation, plegemvn doro retrograde around cross pattée, rev. bvrved mo divided by three single pellets, 1.38g/9h (BMC 76 obv.; N 253; S 974). Very fine and very rare £1,500-2,000
Northumbria (York), Cnut/Siefred, Penny, ebr · ai · ce · c around patriarchal cross, rev. d · n s · ds · rex · around cross pattée, pellets in second and third quarters, 1.34g/4h (Lyon/Stewart Gp Vb; SCBI Merseyside 374, same dies; N 508; S 999). A little weak on reverse, otherwise good very fine, toned £800-1,000
Northumbria (York), Cnut/Siefred, Penny, dnsds orex in two lines divided by cross pattée, rev. miriabia fecit around cross pattée, pellets in second and third quarters, 1.43g/12h (Lyon/Stewart Gp VIa; SCBI Ashmolean 204, Copenhagen 582 and Merseyside 381, same dies; N 509; S 1002). Very fine and well-struck, toned, rare £1,200-1,500
Archbishops of Canterbury, Plegmund (890-914), Penny, Class II, Wilric, plegmvnd arehiep around small cross pattée, rev. vvilr · ic m¯on divided by three crosses pattée, trefoil of pellets above and below, 1.69g/2h (O’Donovan 22, this coin; CTCE P8 (c), this coin; N 256; S 900). Obverse legend partly weak, otherwise good very fine and attractively toned, rare £2,000-2,600
Hammer Price: £2,800
Kings of East Anglia, Æthelweard (c. 845-55), Penny, Æthelhelm, edelpard rex around cross pattée with crescent in each angle, rev. aedelhelm around cross pattée with wedges in angles, 1.29g/3h (Naismith E48.2g, this coin; Pagan, BNJ 1982, pp.67-8, this coin not listed; BMC 24; N 453; S 953). About very fine, very rare £1,500-2,000
Kings of Wessex, Ecgberht (802-39), Penny, Dorob C Phase [III], Canterbury, Swefheard, ecgbevrht r around draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. spefhevrd mo around Dorob C monogram, 1.34g/9h (Naismith C87a, this coin; SCBI Mack 798, this coin; cf. BMC 9; N 573; S 1035). Light surface crack from edge to centre, otherwise very fine and very rare £1,200-1,500
Kings of Wessex, Æthelberht (858-66), Penny, Inscribed Cross Phase, Canterbury, Hunræd, aedelbearht rex around draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. hvnred moneta on and around limbs of beaded cross, 1.21g/6h (Naismith C192, this coin not listed, but same obv. die as Naismith C192f [= Lockett 477]; BMC 37-9; N 620; S 1053). Light trace of surface verdigris on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned, rare £1,400-1,800
Northumbria (York), Siefred, Penny, rex at ends of long Greek cross with arms terminating in serifs, rev. sief redvs around cross pattée with pellet in first and fourth quarters, 1.29g/6h (Lyon/Stewart Gp IIIc; Blackburn fig. 3, no. 1, same obv. die; SCBI Copenhagen 554 and Merseyside 361, same dies; BMC 1033, same obv. die; N 503; S 985). About extremely fine and toned, rare £1,500-2,000
Northumbria (York), Cnut/Siefred, Penny, cnvt r :· e :· x ·:· around patriarchal cross, rev. si ef red vs around cross pattée, pellet in first and fourth quarters, 1.33g/8h (Lyon/Stewart Gp IIId; SCBI 30, 266, this coin; SCBI Ashmolean 193, same obv. die; SCBI Merseyside 368, same rev. die; N 504; S 996). Extremely fine, light grey tone, rare [sold with NGC slab tag, AU 58] £1,500-2,000
Northumbria (York), Cnut, Halfpenny, cnvt rex ·: around patriarchal cross, rev. cvn ·:· net ·:· ti :· around Karolus monogram, 0.55g/3h (Lyon/Stewart Gp IIf; SCBI Copenhagen 527 and Merseyside 354, same obv. die; N 520; S 995). Very fine and very rare £1,200-1,500
Hammer Price: £3,000
Kings of Mercia, Coenwulf, Penny, Large Portrait Phase [Gp IVA], Canterbury, Deormod, coenvvlf rex m around draped and diademed bust right breaking inner circle, rev. diormod moneta around double pincer-shaped cross superimposed on cross pommée with wedges in angles, 1.41g/9h (Naismith C39.1e, this coin [recté 1.41g]; BLS 44g, this coin; BMA 61 and SCBI Hunterian 337, same obv. die; N 347; S 916). Very fine, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,400
Kings of Wessex, Æthelwulf (839-58), Penny, Early Phase [I], Rochester, Beagmund, edelvvlf rex around diademed bust right, rev. beagmvnd around cross pattée, 1.23g/2h (Naismith R19.1e, this coin; BMC 38 and SCBI Mack 705 [= Stewartby 131], same dies; N 592; S 1042). Trace of corrosion on reverse, otherwise very fine and toned, very rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,600
Kings of Wessex, Æthelred I (865-71), Penny, Wessex Regular Lunettes type, Dudda, aedelred rex around diademed bust right, rev. dvdda moneta in and between two lunettes, 1.31g/3h (Lyons/Mackay –, but cf. BNJ 2007, p.106, lines 3-4, this coin; cf. BMC 13; N 622; S 1055). Very fine and toned, rare £1,500-2,000
Hammer Price: £3,800
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