Auction 2: Ancient, British and World Coins

Penny, short cross type, Gloucester, moneyer Leofnoth, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNV:T RECX, rev. small voided cross, +LEOFNOÐ ON GLP, 1.14g, (S.1159, N.790). Nearly extremely fine

Provenance:
Purchased Lloyd Bennett

Penny, short cross type, Guildford, moneyer Blacaman, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX., rev. small voided cross, +BLACAMAN ON CYL., 1.12g, (S.1159, N.790). Very fine, legends better, extremely rare

Provenance:
Purchased Mike Vosper

Penny, short cross type, Hertford, moneyer Leofric, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT REC, rev. small voided cross, pellet at centre rather than annulet, +LEOFRIC ON HEO, with O of LEOFRIC over R, 1.06g, (S.1159, N.790). Good very fine and rare with the pellet reverse

Provenance:
Purchased Fred Rist

Penny, short cross type, Ipswich, moneyer Aegelberht, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNV..T RECX, rev. small voided cross, +ÆGLBIRIHT ON GI, 1.13g, (S.1159, N.790). Deeply toned, very fine or better

Penny, short cross type, Ipswich, moneyer Ægelberht, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNV..T RECX, rev. small voided cross, +ÆGL.BIRHT ON GI, 1.20g, (S.1159, N.790). Light tone and very fine, legends better, rare

Provenance:
Ex. Mark Rasmussen list no.14

Penny, short cross type, Leicester, moneyer Ægelwig, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT.RECX AN, rev. small voided cross, +ÆGELPIG ON L.EHR., 1.14g, (S.1159, N.790). Slight softness of strike in parts on obverse, about extremely fine

Provenance:
Purchased Lloyd Bennett

Penny, short cross type, Lincoln, moneyer Wulfwine, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT. RECX.:, rev. small voided cross, +PVLFPINE ON LINC, 1.07g, (S.1159, N.790). Good very fine

Penny, short cross type, Oxford, moneyer Aegelric, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX, rev. short voided cross, +ÆGEL.RIC ON OCXE, 1.14g, (S.1159, N.790). A couple of peck marks on obv., extremely fine

Provenance:
Purchased Lloyd Bennett

Penny, short cross type, Wallingford, moneyer Ægelwig, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNV.T R.ECX AN, rev. small voided cross, +ÆGELPIG ON PELINC: (N and C ligated), 1.12g, (S.1159, N.790). Light tone, nearly extremely fine and rare

Provenance:
Purchased Fred Rist

Penny, short cross type, Winchester, moneyer Aegelric, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX, rev. small voided cross, +ÆGELRIC ON PINC., 1.16g, (S.1159, N.790). Slightly double struck, extremely fine

Penny, short cross type, Winchester, moneyer Wulfnoth, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX., rev. small voided cross, +PVLNOÐ ON PINC:, 1.13g, (S.1159, N.790). Light tone, nearly extremely fine

Provenance:
Purchased Fred Rist

Penny, short cross type, York, moneyer Ucede, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RE.C.X., rev. small voided cross, +VCEDE ONN EOFER., 1.12g, (S.1159, N.790). Strike slightly soft, light tone and good very fine

Provenance:
Purchased John Ogden Coins

Penny, short cross type, York, moneyer Raefen, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT RECX, rev. small voided cross, +RÆFEN ON EOFE:, 1.05g, (S.1159, N.790). Light cabinet tone, better than very fine

Provenance:
Purchased Mike Vosper, July 2012

Penny, short cross type, York, moneyer Ucede, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNV.T..RECX, rev. small voided cross, +UCEDE ON EOFER, 1.10g, (S.1159, N.790). Good very fine

Provenance:
Purchased Spink

Penny, short cross type, York, moneyer Landferth, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +CNVT R.CX:, rev. small voided cross, +L.ANDFERÐ ON EO, 1.01g, (S.1159, N.790). An extremely rare moneyer, very fine

Note:
EMC/SCBI lists only one other coin with this moneyer, this being the finer of the two

Provenance:
Purchased Fred Rist

Penny, fleur-de-lis type, London, moneyer Lifi, diademed bust left holding sceptre, +HAROLD RE., rev. long voided cross, fleur-de-lis between two pellets in each angle, +LIFI MO LVI LVN, 1.02g, (S.1165, N.803). Bright, good very fine.

Provenance:
Purchased Mike Vosper

Penny, jewel cross type, London, moneyer Edric, diademed bust left +HARÐACNVT, rev. jewel cross, +EDRIC ON LVNDENE, bust variety not represented in North, 1.01g, (S.1166, N.808). Flan laminations on reverse, otherwise very fine and very rare.

Provenance:
Purchased Mike Vosper

Penny, radiate/small cross type, Canterbury, moneyer Edward, radiate and draped bust left, +EDPERD REX:, rev. small cross, +EDPARD ON CENT:, 1.05g, (S.1173, N.816). Toned, good very fine

Penny, cross moline ('Watford') type, Stamford, moneyer Lefsi, crowned bust right holding sceptre, rev. cross moline with fleur in each angle, +LEFSI. ON. STAN, 1.31g, (S.1278, N.873). Scratch at 7 o'clock and into portrait, otherwise an attractive example overall, very fine

Provenance:
Ex. Jon Newman
Lanes collection

Tetradrachm, Antioch on the Orontes mint, diademed head of Antiochos III right, rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on bow, monogram left, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, 15.68g, (SC1044.1). Great eye appeal and a bold very fine

Tetradrachm, Antioch on the Orontes mint, diademed head of Antiochos III right, rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on bow, monograms left and right, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, 16.96g, (SC1044.1). Good very fine

Tetradrachm, Antioch on the Orontes mint, diademed head of Antiochos III right, rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on bow, monogram in exergue, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩΣ, 16.16g, (SC1044.1). Dark patina, good very fine

Tetradrachm, Antioch on the Orontes mint, diademed head of Antiochos III right, rev. Apollo seated left on omphalos, holding arrow in his right hand and resting his left on bow, monogram left, ΑΝΤΙΟΧΟΥ ΒΑΣΙΛΕΩ , 16.62g, (Sear 6936). Very fine

Tetradrachm, Islands off Caria, in the name and types of Alexander 'the great' III of Macedon, Stasion, magistrate, head of Herakles right, wearing lion skin, rev. Zeus Aëtophoros seated left with bird in right hand, ΣΤΑΣΙΩΝ above rose, PO below throne, 15.66g, Ashton 250, Price 2517, HGC 6, 1455). Good very fine, reverse better