£1,300.00
Anglo Saxon Silver Sceat 710-760AD Secondary Series QIID
12mm, 1.03g, SCBI 809
A wonderful representation of early Saxon art.
The reverse of this coin is said to represent the battle between good (the bird) and evil (the snake), with several stages of this shown on series Q coins. The example here shows the last stage with the bird trampling the snake, cross before, interpreted as good triumphing over evil.
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Introducing the St Austell collection of Anglo Saxon, Norman and Plantagenet silver pennies. Formed in the 1990’s-2000’s by a collector in Cornwall, England.
Including a portrait coin of the rare Mercian king Berhtwulf, well known Alfred the Great of Wessex, Cnut from the Anglo Viking kingdom of York and Harold I ‘Harefoot’, named due to his reputed speed in battle! Mints represented include Chester, Oxford, Hastings, Lewes, Dover, York and Wallingford. Most coins have his handwritten label and sometimes others, see individual listings for details.
These coins haven’t seen daylight for 25+ years and are offered exclusively on our website from today!
Check out the renowned Professor Jeffery P. Mass’ collection of short cross pennies – a name synonymous with expertise in numismatics - uploaded to Silbury Coins today!
The Professor Jeffery P. Mass collection of short cross pennies is perhaps the best known name and collection in this corner of numismatics, a Anglo American gentleman who was always willing to share his extensive knowledge of the subject and with virtually unrivalled academic abilities. In his fifteen years of collecting short cross pennies he accumulated not the largest, but arguably the most comprehensive representation of the series. This was recognised by the decision to make his collection the subject of a volume in the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles series, an acknowledgement of its importance. Like Jeffrey North before him, Jeffrey Mass undertook the authorship of his own collection. His collection was dispersed following his death in 2001. #numismatics #jefferypmass #medievalcoinsforsale #medieval #shortcrosspenny
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