1412. CELTIC, Iceni. Uninscribed. Circa 65-1 BC. AR Unit (12mm, 0.96 g, 7h). Norfolk Boar Triadic (Icenian C) type. Stylized boar right with pellet on front; triad of pellets below / Horse right; wheel above, pellets in exergue. Allen, Coins 4852; Van Arsdell 655; ABC 1576; SCBC 431. Good VF, toned. ($300) From the Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
1413. ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-725. AR Sceat (12mm, 0.96 g). Series J, type 37. Mint in Northumbria (prob. York). Two confronted diademed heads; between, long cross with trident end; double border / Cross, at each end a bird right; double border. Abramson 18.30; SCBI 63 (BM), 481-4; North 135; SCBC 802A. VF, toned. ($300) From the Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
1414. ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 710-760. AR Sceat (12mm, 1.15 g). Type 30b/8 mule. Mint in the East Midlands. ‘Wodan’ head facing; cross saltires flanking beard / Beaded ‘standard’ with four lines around central pellet-in annulet; trefoils of pellets at edges. Abramson 105.120; OdV&K –; SCBI 63 (BM), –; SCBC 835; EMC 2015.2077 (this coin). Good VF, toned. Very rare. ($500) Though described as a mule of types 30b and 8, this is likely a slight miscategorization. Type 30b is attributed to a mint in the East Midlands, while type 8 is given to a mint in Frisia, perhaps Domburg. The reverse engraving features a somewhat ‘scratchy’ style, with only a single pellet end for the degraded TOTII on the reverse. In contrast, the Frisian types all appear to have ‘thicker’ style, with two pellet ends on each reverse element. Furthermore, while no matches were found at Domburg, nine examples are in the Early Medieval Corpus of Coin Finds that were recorded from finds in England, including the present example.
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1415. ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-745. AR Sceat (11.5mm, 0.98 g, 6h). Series O, type 40. Mint in the Thames region(?). Figure standing right, holding two long crosses; pellets around / Fantastic creature in flight left, head reverted; cross pommée below chin. Abramson 54.40; SCBI 63 (BM), 605 (same obv. die); SCBC 807B. Good VF. Very rare. ($750) There has been some discussion as to how this sceat, with the obverse figure standing right rather than facing, should be classified. Metcalf dismisses it as an imitation (Metcalf p. 480), relating it to Series N, while Rigold (“The Principal Series of English Sceattas,” in BNJ 47 [1977]) and the BM assign it to Series O, type 40. Abramson gives it as a variant of type 40.
1416. ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 735-745. AR Sceat (12mm, 0.98 g). Series S, type 47. Mint in Essex. Female centaur standing left, holding palm fronds / Four wolves’ heads in counterclockwise circle, tongues forming whorl. Abramson 68.30; SCBI 63 (BM), 729-32 var. (direction of whorl); North 121; SCBC 831. Near EF, toned, minor porosity. ($500) From the Estate of Thomas Bentley Cederlind.
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