British Coins from Various Properties British Iron-Age


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GALLO-BELGIC, Stater, series E [Ambiani], trace of design, rev. disjointed horse right, pellets and ornament above, coffee-bean behind, pellet below, 6.19g (ABC 16; VA 52; S 11). About extremely fine


£400-£500 Early Anglo-Saxon Period 250


Sceatta, Continental series E, porcupine-like figure enclosing three bars and pellets, rev. debased standard, 1.22g (M 239; N 45; S 790). About very fine


£50-£60 Kings of Mercia


251


Offa, Penny, Light coinage, London, Eadhun, draped bust right with elaborate hairstyle, OFFA REX at right, two pairs of pellets behind, rev. E AD HV N in angles of lozenge cross with small plain cross in centre, 1.09g/2h (Chick 31 var.; Blunt 38; N 303; S 905). Round and neatly struck, very fine or better with an artistically accomplished portrait, very rare


£4,000-£4,600 Provenance: Found near a deserted medieval village in the neighbourhood of Royston (Hertfordshire), 2019 (EMC 2019.0266) Kings of Wessex


252


Alfred the Great, cut Halfpenny, Exeter, [–]EL / [– –]D RE / [– –]XO / [–]M in four lines, rev. EX[–] vertically, trefoil of pellets to left, 0.48g/12h (Brettell 1, same obv. die; SCBI E Anglia 43; N 642; S 1070). Edge chipped and some small cracks, otherwise very fine, extremely rare


£1,000-£1,200 Southern Danelaw


253


Provenance: Found in N. Norfolk Penny, imitating Alfred’s non-portrait type (BMC XI), Lincoln, Heribert, EL F[—]EX, rev. [LI]N [HERIB]ER [COL]IA in three lines,


no ornaments between, 0.58g/9h (cf. Mossop 4; BMC 83; N 469; S –). A large fragment, very fine, excessively rare £400-£500 www.dnw.co.uk all lots are illustrated on our website and are subject to buyers’ premium at 24% (+VAT where applicable)


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