1355. ANGLO-SAXON, Transitional/Pre-Primary Phase. Circa 675-680. Pale AV Thrymsa – Shilling (12.5mm, 1.21 g, 12h). PADA series, Rigold PIII(1), type 97. Mint in Kent. , cuirassed bust right, wearing double pearl diadem / ᛈᚪᛞᚪ , cross over saltire, arms terminating in annulets, pellet in center. Abramson 1.50; cf. Metcalf 82–3; SCBI 63 (BM), 35-6; SCBI 69 (Abramson), 21; North 153; SCBC 770. Near EF, light scratch on cheek. ($2000) From the Londinium Collection.
Cuthred Penny – Ex Norweb
1356. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Kent. Cuthred. 798-807. AR Penny (17mm, 1.09 g, 12h). Cross-and-wedges type. Canterbury mint; Wærheard, moneyer. Struck 805-807. ม ü⎍Tʼዞዝ ʼዞҟ ü_ዧt, diademed bust right / ม ⎍ዞʼH_ʼዝዢ ዦɭዧዞ˸_, cross pommée, wedges in angles. Naismith 35.1h = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 82 (this coin); SCBI 67 (BM), 694 (same dies); North 211; SCBC 877. Good VF, toned, minor marks. Bold portrait. Rare. ($4000) Ex Alan Williams Collection; Spink Australia 27 (2 March 1989), lot 1238; E. M. Norweb Collection (Part 1, Spink 45, 13 June 1985), lot 17, purchased from Spink, November 1957.
1357. ANGLO-SAXON, Archbishops of Canterbury. Wulfred. 805-832. AR Penny (19mm, 1.20 g, 12h). Anonymous issue under Ecgberht of Wessex. Canterbury mint; Swefheard, moneyer. Struck circa 810-822/3. ม Ӳ⎍⎍ዞዟዡዞያዝ ዦɭɉ˶©, tonsured facing bust / / ม // ዝɭያɭ/ዛዞያዧዢ©/ üዢ⎍ዢ˸©/ / Ӳ /. EMC 2016.0342 (this coin); Naismith 59.2j (same obv. die); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 44; BMC –; North 236; SCBC 890. Good VF, some minor edge loss. Rare. ($2500) Found at Louth, Lincolnshire 2016.
High Relief Offa Portrait
1358. ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. AR Penny (16mm, 1.19 g, 11h). Light coinage, portrait type. London mint; Æthelweald, moneyer. Struck circa 785-792/3. ม ∂ŖŖ¨ ያዞҏҞ (floral spray), bare bust right / ģč ዢ⌦ ⎍¥ ⌦č, short cross batonnée over short cross in saltire; all within circle and set on long voided cross pommée with globule in each limb. Chick 9 (but see 10k for same rev. die); SCBI 67 (BM), 47 var. (obv. type; same rev. die); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 5 var. (rev. legend); North –; SCBC 905. Good VF, toned, some porosity on reverse. High relief portrait. Extremely rare. ($5000) The finest of four known specimens of this unusual type with an ‘ornamental spray’ or ‘palm’ before the bust.
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