Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
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Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1053
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Edward the Elder. 899-924. AR Penny (22mm, 1.56 g, 3h). Botanical type (BMC ix). Mercian West dies; Heremod, moneyer. Middle period II, circa 910-915. + EADVVEARD EX, small cross pattée / Flower with arching leaves set on groundline terminating in rosettes; in exergue, HEREMOD over rosette. CTCE 341c = Blunt & Stewart B5 (this coin); SCBI 9 (Ashmolean), 314; cf. BMC 102 (for similar); North 658; SCBC 1078. Old collection toning. Near EF. Extremely rare – only four specimens listed in CTCE, plus three more in EMC.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone. Ex L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 457; Sotheby’s (28 May 1987), lot 331; Samuel Birchall of Leeds Collection (1761-1814); 1807 Bossal Hoard.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from J. Linzalone. Ex L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 457; Sotheby’s (28 May 1987), lot 331; Samuel Birchall of Leeds Collection (1761-1814); 1807 Bossal Hoard.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1054
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (23mm, 1.62 g, 6h). Small cross/Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). North-Eastern I dies; Winele, moneyer. ÆÐELSTAN REX, small cross pattée / PINE/LE MO in two lines; three crosses between, trefoil above and below. Blunt, Aethelstan 408; SCBI 34 (BM), 234-6; North 668; SCBC 1089. Richly toned. VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from C. Wolfe, April 1975.
Aethelstan (924-939), King of Wessex, succeeded his father Edward the Elder. Aethelstan was the first king of Wessex to style himself on his coins rex totius Britanniae – “King of all Britain” – after King Constantine II of Alba (Scotland), King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth (Wales), Earl Ealdred of Bamburgh (Northumbria), and King Owain of Strathclyde all accepted Aethelstan as their overlord at Eamont on 12 July 927.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from C. Wolfe, April 1975.
Aethelstan (924-939), King of Wessex, succeeded his father Edward the Elder. Aethelstan was the first king of Wessex to style himself on his coins rex totius Britanniae – “King of all Britain” – after King Constantine II of Alba (Scotland), King Hywel Dda of Deheubarth (Wales), Earl Ealdred of Bamburgh (Northumbria), and King Owain of Strathclyde all accepted Aethelstan as their overlord at Eamont on 12 July 927.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1055
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (23mm, 1.47 g, 6h). Circumscription Cross type (BMC v). Chester mint; Paulus, moneyer. + ÆÐELSTΛN RE+ TO BR, small cross pattée / + PΛVLES M–O LEIGCE, small cross pattée. Blunt, Aethelstan 150; SCBI 34 (BM), 63 (same dies); North 672; SCBC 1093. Old collection toning, a few light scratches. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex A.F. Lovejoy Collection (Stack’s, 2 December 1997), lot 1431; Massachusetts Historical Society/Adams Family Collection (Stack’s, 5 March 1971), lot 844.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex A.F. Lovejoy Collection (Stack’s, 2 December 1997), lot 1431; Massachusetts Historical Society/Adams Family Collection (Stack’s, 5 March 1971), lot 844.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1056
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelstan. 924-939. AR Penny (21mm, 1.22 g, 7h). ‘Church’ type (BMC iv). York mint; Adalbert, moneyer. +AEDELSTAN RX (three triangles), small cross pattée / Steep-roofed building on ground line; MO N flanking, ADELBERT over trefoil in exergue. Blunt, Aethelstan 439 (this coin illustrated); SCBI –; North 683; SCBC 1100 (plate coin in previous editions). Deeply toned. VF. Extremely rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex M.A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1477; P. Finn FPL (Winter 1994/95), no. 47; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3683; L.E. Bruun Collection (Sotheby & Co., 14 May 1925), lot 93; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1913), lot 377.
The Tower type of Aethelstan is unparalleled in his coinage. Christopher Blunt posited that it may have been an ecclesiastical issue, struck for Hrothweard, Archbishop of York, between Aethelstan's capture of the city in 927 and the Archbishop's death in 931. If this is the case, the tower on the reverse is likely to be a depiction of York Minster.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex M.A. Sinton Collection (Triton III, 30 November 1999), lot 1477; P. Finn FPL (Winter 1994/95), no. 47; R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 26 April 1960), lot 3683; L.E. Bruun Collection (Sotheby & Co., 14 May 1925), lot 93; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1913), lot 377.
The Tower type of Aethelstan is unparalleled in his coinage. Christopher Blunt posited that it may have been an ecclesiastical issue, struck for Hrothweard, Archbishop of York, between Aethelstan's capture of the city in 927 and the Archbishop's death in 931. If this is the case, the tower on the reverse is likely to be a depiction of York Minster.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1057
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadmund. 939-946. AR Penny (21mm, 1.61 g, 9h). Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). Winchester(?) mint; Otic, moneyer. + EADMVND REX, small cross pattée / OTIC+/MONE in two lines; three crosses between, trefoil above and below. CTCE 74; SCBI 34 (BM), 328-9; North 688; SCBC 1105. Toned. Near EF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 685 (September 1975), no. H5179.
Edmund (939-946), the son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, succeeded his half-brother and issued numerous charters and three law codes. He faced challenges from the Hiberno-Norse sea kings of Dublin who battled to secure York.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Seaby Coin & Medal Bulletin 685 (September 1975), no. H5179.
Edmund (939-946), the son of Edward the Elder and his third wife, Queen Eadgifu, succeeded his half-brother and issued numerous charters and three law codes. He faced challenges from the Hiberno-Norse sea kings of Dublin who battled to secure York.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1058
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (21mm, 1.33 g, 3h). Bust Crowned (BC) type (BMC v). Mint in East Anglia(?); Æthelweard, moneyer. + EΛDRED REX, crowned and draped bust right / + ΛÐELVERÐ MO(NE)TΛ, small cross pattée. CTCE 235; SCBI 34 (BM), 695; North; SCBC. EF. Rare.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 1454.
Eadred (946-955), King of Wessex, succeeded his older brother Edmund, but he suffered from ill health and failed to regain control of York from the Hiberno-Norse.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Classical Numismatic Group 36 (5 December 1995), lot 1454.
Eadred (946-955), King of Wessex, succeeded his older brother Edmund, but he suffered from ill health and failed to regain control of York from the Hiberno-Norse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1059
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadred. 946-955. AR Penny (22mm, 1.42 g, 4h). Horizontal-Rosette 2 (HR 2) type (BMC i). Mint in the northwest(?); Eadmund, moneyer. + EΛDRED REX, small cross pattée / EΛDM/VND MO in two lines; cross pattée flanked by annulets between, rosettes above and below. CTCE 192; SCBI 34 (BM), 651 (same dies); North 708; SCBC 1113. Old cabinet toning. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from F. Weber, December 1974.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection, purchased from F. Weber, December 1974.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1060
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Eadwig. 955-959. AR Penny (21mm, 1.45 g, 2h). Horizontal-Trefoil 1 (HT 1) type (BMC i). York mint; Heriger, moneyer. + EADPIG RE+ o, small cross pattée / (HE)RIG/ER MO in two lines; three crosses between, quatrefoil above, trefoil below. CTCE; SCBI 34 (BM), 793 (same dies); North 724; SCBC 1122. Richly toned. Good VF.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (17 April 1975), lot 1482.
Eadwig All-Fair (955-959), son of King Edmund and his first wife Aelfgifu and great-grandson of Alfred the Great, was proclaimed king of all England at his accession on 23 November 955.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Coin Galleries (17 April 1975), lot 1482.
Eadwig All-Fair (955-959), son of King Edmund and his first wife Aelfgifu and great-grandson of Alfred the Great, was proclaimed king of all England at his accession on 23 November 955.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1061
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Martyr. 975-978. AR Penny (2020mm, 1.42 g, 3h). Sole type (BMC i). Derby mint; Grimm, moneyer. + EΛDPΛRD REX NGL(ORX), diademed and draped bust left / + GRIM M’O DEORBУ, small cross pattée. Jonsson p. 131-2; SCBI –; BMC –; Hild –; North 763; SCBC 1142. Old cabinet toning. EF. Extremely rare. Jonsson records only a single example, likely this coin.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 6 April 1960), lot 3715, purchased from Spink; Barnardiston Collection (dispersed 1930).
Edward the Martyr (975-978), King of England, was the elder son of King Eadgar (959-978), an effective ruler and patron of monastic reform. Edward succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen or fourteen and was murdered under obscure circumstances. His half-brother and successor Aethelred II (978-1016) was widely believed to have been involved in the crime.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex R.C. Lockett Collection (Part IV, Glendining, 6 April 1960), lot 3715, purchased from Spink; Barnardiston Collection (dispersed 1930).
Edward the Martyr (975-978), King of England, was the elder son of King Eadgar (959-978), an effective ruler and patron of monastic reform. Edward succeeded to the throne at the age of thirteen or fourteen and was murdered under obscure circumstances. His half-brother and successor Aethelred II (978-1016) was widely believed to have been involved in the crime.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1062
CELTIC, Atrebates & Regni. Uninscribed. Circa 50-40 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 5.74 g, 3h). Climping type. Devolved head of Apollo with floral scepter bisecting laurel; wings flanking scepter head, crescent face to lower left, harp shape to lower right / Horse left; sea-horse shapes and pellets-in-annulets around. Bean –; ABC 524; Van Arsdell –; SCBC 33A. Minor traces of die rust. EF. An unusually well centered and struck example. Very rare.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1063
CELTIC, Atrebates & Regni. Commius. Circa 45-30 BC. AV Stater (16mm, 5.48 g, 12h). Commios Muzzles type (Atrebatic C). Devolved head of Apollo right, with two ‘hidden face’ motifs / Celtic horse right; remains of charioteer’s arms above, wheel below; COM-MIOS along right edge from below. Sills, Divided Kingdoms: The Iron Age Gold Coinage of Southern England (Alysham, Norfolk, 2017) p. 329 (this coin cited) = CCI 12.0344 (this coin); Bean COM1-3; Van Arsdell 350-1; ABC 1022; SCBC 65. Minor edge splits, some obverse die wear. VF.
Ex Heritage 231917 (25 April 2019), lot 64001; Künker 312 (8 October 2018), lot 1683; Chris Rudd eAuction 157 (18 March 2018), lot 11; Matthew Rich Collection (Dix Noonan Webb 97, 7 December 2011), lot 67, purchased from Chris Rudd, November 1998.
Ex Heritage 231917 (25 April 2019), lot 64001; Künker 312 (8 October 2018), lot 1683; Chris Rudd eAuction 157 (18 March 2018), lot 11; Matthew Rich Collection (Dix Noonan Webb 97, 7 December 2011), lot 67, purchased from Chris Rudd, November 1998.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1064
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Uninscribed. Circa 60-20 BC. AV Stater (18mm, 5.49 g, 6h). Middle Whaddon Chase, Pole Wheel type (Trinovantian E). Mint in the Essex area. Devolved head of Apollo right in the shape of crossed wreaths; opposed crescents at center; pellet in arc in three quarter, cloak in one / Horse right with two annulets on body; wheels above and below, uncertain W-shaped ornament above, pellets-in-annulets around. ABC 2240; Van Arsdell 1491-1; SCBC 32. Small scuff. EF. Very rare. Finer and with a superior strike to the ABC plate coin.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1065
CELTIC, Trinovantes & Catuvellauni. Uninscribed. Circa 60-20 BC. AV Stater (17mm, 5.55 g, 12h). Middle Whaddon Chase, Curved Wreath type (Trinovantian E). Devolved head of Apollo right in the shape of crossed wreaths, one curved, opposed crescents at center / Horse leaping right; solid crescents and pellets above, pellet-in-annulet below. ABC 2445; Van Arsdell 1493-1; SCBC 32. Minor marks. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1066
CELTIC, North-Eastern series ('Corieltauvi'). Uninscribed. Circa 60-20 BC. AV Quarter Stater (15mm, 1.41 g, 6h). Unpublished scyphate type. Schematic boar right over celticized wreath; two torques below / Celticized horse right; pellets-in-annulets around. Unpublished and unique. A few minor marks. EF.
Found near Wragby, Lincolnshire, June 2022.
The designs on this unique and newly discovered quarter stater display influence from both the Corieltauvian scyphate issues, which used the boar-type on the obverse, and the early North-East coast staters, with a horse design on the reverse.
Found near Wragby, Lincolnshire, June 2022.
The designs on this unique and newly discovered quarter stater display influence from both the Corieltauvian scyphate issues, which used the boar-type on the obverse, and the early North-East coast staters, with a horse design on the reverse.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1067
ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 715-800/20. AR Sceatt (11mm, 1.05 g, 9h). Series X, type 31. Ribe mint. ‘Wodan’ head facing; pellet above, short cross pommée to left and right / Fantastic creature flying left, head right, with tail coiled leftward; short cross below head. Abramson 104.10; MEC 8 Series X; North 116; SCBC 797. Toned. Near EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1068
ANGLO-SAXON, Continental Sceattas. Circa 715-800/20. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.04 g, 12h). Series X, type 31. Ribe mint. ‘Wodan’ head facing; pellet above, short cross pommée to left and right / Fantastic creature flying left, head right, with tail coiled leftward; three pellets below head. Abramson 104.10; MEC 8 Series X; North 116; SCBC 797. Toned, die rust on reverse. Good VF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1069
ANGLO-SAXON, Secondary Sceattas. Circa 725-730. AR Sceatt (12mm, 1.14 g, 7h). Type 30b. Mint in the east Midlands. ‘Wodan head’, with long beard, facing; crosses flanking beard / Two figures standing facing; long cross pommée between, smaller cross pommée to either side, two pellets above and below. Abramson 105.70; MEC 8 Series FBa; North 171; SCBC 835. Toned
. EF.
. EF.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1070
ANGLO-SAXON, Anglo-Viking (Hiberno-Norse Northumbria). Sihtric Caech. 920/1-927. AR Penny (20mm, 1.20 g, 6h). Sword/Hammer type. Uncertain Southumbrian mint, possibly Lincoln; Tidwulf, moneyer. SITR/IC REX in two lines; sword between / + DEDLVF MOT, upright hammer. Cf. Blackburn, Supp. –; SCBI –; North –; SCBC 1013. Toned, deposits. EF. Exceptionally well struck for the series. Extremely rare.
The 910s saw the Anglo-Saxons under Edward the Elder reconquer most of the Danelaw south of the river Humber, with Ragnall, the Danish king of Northumbria, even submitting to the English. After Ragnall’s death, Sihtric Caech, former King of Dublin, arrived in York to take the throne of Northumbria. Sihtric would renege on his predecessor’s agreement, raiding into the southern territories. This coin, struck south of the Humber, possibly at Lincoln, is a numismatic tie to the uncertain period. and the last Viking coin struck in southern England.
The 910s saw the Anglo-Saxons under Edward the Elder reconquer most of the Danelaw south of the river Humber, with Ragnall, the Danish king of Northumbria, even submitting to the English. After Ragnall’s death, Sihtric Caech, former King of Dublin, arrived in York to take the throne of Northumbria. Sihtric would renege on his predecessor’s agreement, raiding into the southern territories. This coin, struck south of the Humber, possibly at Lincoln, is a numismatic tie to the uncertain period. and the last Viking coin struck in southern England.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1071
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Wessex. Æthelberht. 858-865/6. AR Penny (21mm, 1.20 g, 3h). Inscribed Cross type. Canterbury mint; Hunræd, moneyer. Struck circa 858-864. + ΛEÐELBEΛR(HT) REX, diademed bust right / + HVNR ED MO N E T Λ arranged on limbs of, and around, beaded cross. Naismith C192j (this coin?); SCBI 67 (BM) 1270; North 620; SCBC 1053. Richly toned, minor edge chip. Good VF.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 466 (22 April 2020), lot 671. Possibly ex Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 987 (part of).
Ex Classical Numismatic Group Electronic Auction 466 (22 April 2020), lot 671. Possibly ex Lord Grantley Collection (Part III, Glendining, 22 March 1944), lot 987 (part of).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1072
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Æthelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (20mm, 1.67 g, 9h). Crux type (BMC iiia, Hild. C). Winchester mint; Æthelgar, moneyer. Struck circa 991-997. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGL(ORX), draped bust left; trefoil-tipped scepter to left / + ÆÐELGΛR M–O PINTO, voided short cross; C–R–V–X in quarters. Harvey 301e (dies A/a) = SCBI 20 (Mack), 888 (this coin); North 770; SCBC 1148. Toned, a few peck marks. Good VF.
Ex R.P. Mack Collection (Glendining, 23 March 1977), lot 122; Duke of Argyll Collection.
Ex R.P. Mack Collection (Glendining, 23 March 1977), lot 122; Duke of Argyll Collection.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 1073
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (17mm, 1.02 g, 9h). Facing Bust/Small Cross type (BMC xiiia, Hild. Ac var.). London mint; Godric, moneyer. Struck circa 1062-1065. + EDPΛRD REX ΛN, crowned facing bust / + GODRIC ON LVND :, small cross pattée; opposed crescents in quarters. Freeman 489 (this coin cited); SCBI –; North 830 var. (annulet on rev.); SCBC 1183 var. (same). Old cabinet toning. Good VF. Extremely rare variety.
Ex William J. Conte Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 60, 22 May 2002), lot 2282; Baldwin’s 18 (12 October 1998), lot 1749; John D. Brand Collection; R.C. Locket Collection (Part I, Glendining’s, 6 June 1955), lot 852; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 20 November 1916), lot 1168c.
Ex William J. Conte Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 60, 22 May 2002), lot 2282; Baldwin’s 18 (12 October 1998), lot 1749; John D. Brand Collection; R.C. Locket Collection (Part I, Glendining’s, 6 June 1955), lot 852; P.W.P. Carlyon-Britton (Part II, Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 20 November 1916), lot 1168c.