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  • Greece - Macedonia - Alexander III - Gold Stater
    Greece - Macedonia - Alexander III - Gold Stater

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,380

    323-317 BC. Abydus. Obv: head of Athena right, in crested Corinthian helmet with coiled serpent on bowl with no legend. Rev: Nike standing left, holding wreath and stylis, MH monogram above pentagram in left field, cornucopiae beneath left wing with ALEXANDROU legend.





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  • British Celtic - Atrebates and Regni - Verica - Gold Stater
    British Celtic - Atrebates and Regni - Verica - Gold Stater

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £943

    C.10 BC- c.40 AD. Obv: COM.F in tablet. Rev: horseman right holding spear with VIR above and REX below.





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  • British Celtic - Catuvellauni - Tasciovanus - Stater
    British Celtic - Catuvellauni - Tasciovanus - Stater

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £782

    1st century BC. Obv: crescents in wreath. Rev: horse and rider with carnax right with TASC around horse.





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  • British Celtic - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - Stater
    British Celtic - Catuvellauni - Cunobelin - Stater

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £713

    C. 1st century AD. Wild Type. Obv: corn ear dividing CA-M[V] legend with trefoil of pellets above M. Rev: horse right with CVNO legend below.





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  • Roman Empire - Vespasian - Aureus
    Roman Empire - Vespasian - Aureus

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,783

    69-79 AD. Rome. Obv: laureate head right with (from bottom right) IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG legend. Rev: Pax seated left holding branch and sceptre with PAX AVGVST legend.





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  • British Anglo-Saxon - Archbishops of Canterbury - Wulfred - Group II Monogram Penny - Sæbeorht
    British Anglo-Saxon - Archbishops of Canterbury - Wulfred - Group II Monogram Penny - Sæbeorht

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,910

    C. 810-815 AD. Group II, Transitional Monogram. Obv: facing tonsured bust of Archbishop Wulfred without pellet to each side and +VVLFREDI ARCHIEPISCOPI legend. Rev: DOROBERNIA C monogram with +SAEBERHT MONETA legend for the moneyer Sæbeorht at Canterbury mint.





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  • Anglo-Saxon - Offa - Penny - Adelwald
    Anglo-Saxon - Offa - Penny - Adelwald

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,150

    c. 787-792 AD. Light Coinage, Group II. Two Line Obverse Type. Obv: OFFA with chevron-barred A over REX and separated by line of pellets with forked ends with various pellets in the field. Rev: moneyer name in two lines ADEL PALD for Aethelweald divided by line of pellets with cross ends with chevron-barred A and various pellets in the field. Rare.





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  • British Anglo-Saxon - Mercia - Coenwulf - Tribrach Penny - Dudda
    British Anglo-Saxon - Mercia - Coenwulf - Tribrach Penny - Dudda

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,035

    796-805 AD. Tribrach type. Obv: Mercian 'M' at centre with +COENVVL'FREX legend with pellets in upper quadrants of initial cross. Rev: moline voided tribrach with moneyer name +D VD A at Canterbury mint and wedges in angles and after 'A'.





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  • British Anglo-Saxon - East Anglia - Aethelstan I - Penny
    British Anglo-Saxon - East Anglia - Aethelstan I - Penny

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £782

    825-840 AD. Obv: A at centre with +EDELSTAN legend. Rev: omega at centre with +REX ANG legend. Rare.





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  • British Anglo-Saxon - Wessex - Alfred - Lunette Penny - Tirulf
    British Anglo-Saxon - Wessex - Alfred - Lunette Penny - Tirulf

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,450

    871-899 AD. BMC ia, Lunettes broken at centre. Obv: profile bust right with +AELBRED REX legend. Rev: lunettes with TIRVLF (5 pellets after) for moneyer Tirulf between MON and ETA. Rare.





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  • British Viking - Alfred Imitation - Two Line Penny - Sinun
    British Viking - Alfred 'Imitation' - Two Line Penny - Sinun

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,725

    898-915 AD. Obv: small cross with +EL FR ED RE legend. Rev: legend in two lines SINVN NEFEL for the moneyer Simon with single pellet at centre and two trefoils of pellets at ends between, plus a line and pellet above the VN of the top line.





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  • British Anglo-Saxon - Aethelstan - Circumscription Rosette Penny - Chester - Cnapa
    British Anglo-Saxon - Aethelstan - Circumscription Rosette Penny - Chester - Cnapa

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £989

    924-939 AD. Obv: rosette of pellets at centre with +EDELSTANREXTOBR legend and additional pellet below the 'O'. Rev: +CNADM-OLEGECT legend with additional pellet below the first 'E' of the mint signature for the moneyer C(e)napa at the mint of Chester (Leigeceastre). The dies not represented in EMC/SCBI. Rare.





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  • British Anglo-Saxon - Aethelred II - Second Hand Penny - London - Aedered
    British Anglo-Saxon - Aethelred II - 'Second Hand' Penny - London - Aedered

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £667

    C. 985-991 AD. BMC type iid. Obv: diademed bust right with AETHELRED REX ANGLO legend. Rev: hand of Providence issuing from clouds, alpha to left and omega to right with legend +AEDERED M-O LVNDO for the moneyer Aethelred at London.





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  • English Tudor - Mary - Silver Penny
    English Tudor - Mary - Silver Penny

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,323

    1553-1554 AD. Without mm. Obv: profile bust with M D G ROSA SINE SPINA legend having annulet stops. Rev: cross over arms dividing CIVI TAS LON DNN legend with the mis-spelling of 'DON' very unusual.





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  • George I - Gold Guinea - 1723
    George I - Gold Guinea - 1723

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,012

    Dated 1723. Fifth bust. Obv: laureate bust right with GEORGIVS M BR FR ET HIB REX F D legend. Rev: crowned cruciform shields, sceptres in angles and date with BRVN ET L DVX S RI A TH ET L legend.





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  • British Milled - George IV - 1824 - Gold Sovereign
    British Milled - George IV - 1824 - Gold Sovereign

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £748

    1824 AD. Bare head. Obv: bare profile bust left with date below. Rev: crowned shield.





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  • Irish Celtic - Ultimate La Tene Style - Enamelled Double Roundel
    Irish Celtic - Ultimate La Tene Style - Enamelled Double Roundel

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £24,150

    Circa 7th century AD. A superb and excessively rare pair of Irish Celtic enamelled flat toroid roundels in the 'Ultimate La Tène' style together with a plain separating disc; each roundel ornamented on the exposed face with a similar (but not identical) series of eight and six alternating triskeles and trumpet-spirals in a triple spiral, eight/six spot roundel form respectively, executed with wondrous accuracy; the triskeles, spirals and reversing curves reserved against a rich, red enamel ground; the plain border rim of each disc pierced with six small equidistant fixing holes, corresponding with each other and with those on the central plain disc; the reverse of each outer roundel and both sides of the separating disc marked at one fixing hole position to facilitate symmetrical assembly of the whole unit; the central apertures of the outer roundels of different sizes (15mm to one and 21mm to the other), with the central plain separating disc unperforated; the reverse of each roundel also showing the three and four respectively compass perforations from which the designs were laid out.





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  • Hiberno-Saxon - Bronze House Shrine Cover
    Hiberno-Saxon - Bronze House Shrine Cover

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £29,900

    Circa 8th century AD. A fine example of a hollow cast copper-alloy house shrine cover in the form of a decorated roof-ridge similar to examples in the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin; the central feature a quadrilateral projection with recessed gilt panels bearing double-contour interlace decoration on the lateral surfaces and herringbone detailing on the ends, below which on the sides quadrangular interlace panels with prominent frames; the body consisting of a hollow, flat-topped bar with lightly incised panel decoration, the bar terminating with involuted, opposed animal heads resting on the upper face, with finely moulded clenched teeth and jaws; below each terminal on both faces a subtriangular gilded panel of geometric interlace, the rising ends decorated with double rows of herringbone texturing and the upper face pierced in two places to accept an attachment; beneath are two tongue-shaped projections pierced to attach the piece to the top of the shrine.





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  • Anglo-Saxon - Disc on Bow Square-Headed Brooch
    Anglo-Saxon - Disc on Bow Square-Headed Brooch

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £6,325

    5th-6th century AD. An extremely rare example of an Anglo-Saxon square-headed brooch complete with the disc on the apex of the bow, comprising a square headplate, bow and openwork footplate; the headplate rectangular with three zones of decoration: the outer zone features flat panels with Y-shaped punched decoration in two series and rectangular panels in the corners, covered with silver foil; the inner panel comprising a plain border enclosing a beaded line within which is a series of square animal-limb ornaments with plain panels at the upper corners; the central zone comprising a three-strand vertical bar flanked by two Style I profile faces, above which are set two square cloisonné garnets; the bowl formed as a shallow dish with no surface decoration and obscured by the disc feature (about 2mm thick), cast with two broad concentric incised lines with traces of punched beading and an eccentrically placed silver foil disc on a copper-alloy plate, forming the head of the securing rivet; from the lower sides of the bow two openwork sections forming the arched necks of zoomorphs whose rounded heads and everted lips joining the footplate; the eyes marked as punched roundels, and punched dot details on raised upper borders on the necks; below the junction with the bow, the lozengiform footplate comprising a raised central rib with pyramidal detail on the junction with the bow, flanked by four curved zones of the same square animal-limb ornament as on the headplate extending to lateral silver-foil discs; between the central rib and the discs two triangular cloisonné garnets; the brooch terminating in a large silver foil disc, above which the animal-limb ornaments ending in u-shaped jaws; the pin-lugs and catchplate present on the reverse, but incomplete; the heavy gilding and the silver plates remaining substantially complete.





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  • English Medieval - Gold Inscribed Ring with Sapphire
    English Medieval - Gold Inscribed Ring with Sapphire

    Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,680

    Circa 13th century AD. A rare gold finger ring with triangular section hoop, its two upper faces divided into four sections by moulded saltire crosses; each section of the outer two faces alternately engraved with letters and symbols (?) or with incised cabling; the lettering obscure, reading S E [?] E? [?] W? A? I N T A; such enigmatic inscriptions were often of magical significance; the bezel in the form of a triangular cell containing a natural sapphire stone.





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