Kingdom of Northumbria

Lot: 1123
Estimate: 1000 USD
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Eadberht. 737-758. AR Sceat (1.18 g, 4h). Group D (Pirie regal group Bii). York mint. EOTBEREhTVΓ•, cross pattée / Heraldic quadruped standing left, raising foreleg; triquetra below, cross pattée above. Booth, Sceattas, class D, i (unlisted dies); Pirie, Guide 2.1k; North 178; SCBC 847. Superb EF, toned. 
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc TRITON XII Sale Date: 6-7 January 2009

 

Kingdom of Mercia

Lot: 1124
Estimate: 5000 USD

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Mercia. Coenwulf. 796-821. AR Penny (1.32 g, 12h). Group IV, Pincer Cross type. Canterbury mint; Diormod, moneyer. Struck circa 815-821. + COENVVLF REX m, diademed bust right / + DIORmOD mONETΛ around pincer cross. Blunt, Coinage 44e (this coin, illustrated); SCBI 20 (Mack), 583; BMC 68; North 347; SCBC 916. Good VF, attractively toned. Good metal. Very rare.

Ex Lawrence R. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 305; A.E. Bagnall Collection; G.C. Drabble Collection (Part II, Glendining, 13 December 1943), lot 810; W. Talbot Ready Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson,& Hodge, 15 November 1920), lot 34.
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc TRITON XII Sale Date: 6-7 January 2009

 

Kings of All England
From the time of Alfred the Great (circa 900) the Kingdom of Wessex dominated England. Increasingly their kings styled themselves "King of All England".

Aethelred II. 978-1016

Lot: 1125
Estimate: 750 USD
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.18 g, 9h). Second Hand type. London mint; Osferth, moneyer. Struck circa 985-991. + ÆÐELRED REX ΛNGLOX, diademed bust right; scepter before / + OSFERÐ M–O LVND, manus Dei descending from clouds; Λ ω and two pellets flanking. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 913; BMC -; North 768; SCBC 1146. Good VF, lightly toned.

 

Lot: 1126
Estimate: 500
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.27 g, 3h). Long cross type. Exeter mint; Manna, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ(NG)I, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + MΛNNΛ M•O EAXE, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 203 var. (obv. legend); Brettell, Exeter 99 (this coin); BMC -; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, toned, minor area of horn silver on reverse
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc TRITON XII Sale Date: 6-7 January 2009

 

Lot: 1127
Estimate: 500 USD
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.56 g, 3h). Long cross type. Dover mint; Leofhyse, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ•(NG)L•, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + LEOFHУSE M•O DOFR, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 131 var. (obv. legend); BMC -; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, lightly toned.
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc TRITON XII Sale Date: 6-7 January 2009

 

Lot: 1127
Estimate: 500 USD
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Aethelred II. 978-1016. AR Penny (1.56 g, 3h). Long cross type. Dover mint; Leofhyse, moneyer. Struck circa 997-1003. + ÆÐELRÆD REX Λ•(NG)L•, draped bust left; pellet behind neck / + LEOFHУSE M•O DOFR, voided long cross with pellet in center and triple crescent ends. SCBI 7 (Copenhagen), 131 var. (obv. legend); BMC -; North 774; SCBC 1151. Near EF, lightly toned.
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc TRITON XII Sale Date: 6-7 January 2009

 

Cnut. 1016-1035
Cnut was born a Viking, son of King Swein forkbeard of Denmark. He arrived in England as an invader in 1014 where he was proclaimed King by his troups, but was driven out. He returned in 1016 and was this time successful in establishing himself as as King, marrying Emma of Normandy (widow of Aehelred II) to legitimize his claim.

Lot: 1128
Estimate: 750 USD
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Cnut. 1016-1035. AR Penny (1.17 g, 9h). Short Cross type. London mint; Edred, moneyer. Struck circa 1029-1035/6. +CNVT RE, diademed bust left; scepter before / +EDR•ED ON LV(ND):, voided short cross with pellet-in-annulet in center. SCBI 14 (Copenhagen), 2408 (same obv. die); BMC -; North 790; SCBC 1159. EF, attractively toned. Well struck. Rare moneyer (not listed in North for this issue).

Ex G.W. de Wit Collection.

Britian, Anglo-Saxon. Cnut, AD 1016 to 1035. Silver penny.
Denomination : Silver Penny.
Mint : Cambridge.  Moneyer : Liofsig
Date : Quatrefoil type, issued between AD 1017 and 1023
Reference : Seaby-1157, North-781.
Size : 18.7 x 19.0 mm.  Weight : 0.89 grams.
Grade : gXF, lightly toned.  Very well struck on a problem free flan.
Obverse : Crowned bust of Cnut left, with CNUT REX ANGLO around.
Reverse : Long voided cross with a central pellet, over laying a quadrefoil, with LIOFSIG ON GRANT around.
Calgary Coins

I added this one because of the different style of the reverse.
 

 

Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066.

Lot: 1129
Estimate: 750 USD

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of All England. Edward the Confessor. 1042-1066. AR Penny (1.05 g, 12h). Expanding cross type, light issue. Lewes mint; Edward, moneyer. Struck circa 1050-1051. +EDPA••RD RE•, diademed bust left; scepter before / +EDPERD ON LÆPE:, voided short cross with expanding limbs and circle around pellet-in-circle in center. Freeman 25; King 232; SCBI 30 (American), 588 (same dies); BMC 581; North 820; SCBC 1176. EF, toned.
Ex G.W. de Wit Collection; Münzen und Medaillen AG 76 (19 September 1991), lot 1192.
Classical Numismatic Group, Inc TRITON XII Sale Date: 6-7 January 2009