Current Lots and Archive

EARLY ANGLO-SAXON. Crondal Phase I. Circa 604-645. AV thrymsa. 1.27 gm. 11 mm. Kent. Witmen derived. Diademed bust right, a trident in front, three beads below / A short cross with bifurcated ends in a circle formed of pellets; blundered legend. S. 753. N. 25. Metcalf (1). 21. Abramson 230. MEC(8): Pl. 1: 6. Good Very Fine. Extremely Rare.

The Zabel Collection. Ex CNG Triton IV (2000) lot 937.

ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN. Early Anglo-Saxon England. Post-Crondall. Ca 655-ca 675. AV thrymsa. 1.3 gm. 11 mm. Two emperors type. Diademed bust right, mouth formed by two lines, cross on a base line and Z in front / Two emperors facing, face of an angel above—4 pellets to right and 3 to left. S. 767. N. 20. Abramson Obv. variety i, reverse variety ii. Very Fine. Rare.

The Zabel Collection

Ex CNG 51 (1999) lot 1856

Ex Bird Collection (Glendining, November 1974, lot 2).

This issue is related to Roman issues between Valentinian I and Theodosius I (Abramson).

ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN. Early Anglo-Saxon England. Post Crondall Type. Ca 655-675, pale gold phase. AV thrymsa. 1.31 gm. 12 mm. Type III. "PADA" pale. Diademed bust right; NΛVC — C(reversed)NCΛ?TI / Cross over saltire with annulet terminals within an inner beaded circul; NOVI (runic PADA)ANVSPFΛ NC around. S. 770. N. 31. Metcalf 83. Abramson 1010. Very Fine; mild porosity.

The Zabel Collection.

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Mercia. Offa. 757-796. Penny electrotype. 17 mm. The BMC coin weighs 19.5 grains. First series. His bust right, curled hair; OFFA REX / Cruciform pattern; +A Λ R E∂ in extensions from the central compartment which contains a small cross; floral elements between the limbs. BMC Vol I:9. Plate V:3 (this piece illustrated). Also, plate coin for Standard Catalog editions from 1962 until 2007. S. 454 (1962-1977). S. 905 (current). As made.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Mercia. Cynethryth, widow of Offa, 796. 757-796 (Offa). Penny electrotype. 17 mm. Moneyer: Eoba. BMC coin, 19.7 grains. Her bust right, hair in long curls; EOBA in front / T with a bar above in the center in a circle of pellets; CYNEDRYD around. BMC Vol I:61. Plate VIII:3 (this piece illustrated). Also, plate coin for Standard Catalog editions from 1962 until 2007. S. 458 (1962-1977). S. 909 (current). As made.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Hiberno-Norse Vikings in England. Eric Bloodaxe. First reign, 948. Penny electrotype. 21 mm. Two line type penny. York. Central cross pattee, inner circle; +ERIC REX EFOR+ around / Four pellets in an approximate diamond shape top and bottom; RADV +++ ΓEMO in three lines. BMC I: 1009. Plate XXIX:11 (this piece illustrated). S. 564 (pre 2007). S. 1028 (current). As made.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. Penny electrotype. 22 mm. BMC type iv. York (The BMC piece weighs 22.0 grains). Small cross pattee; +AEDEL STAN REX / A line across the center, a building (church?) above; EB •R ΛC ΛC in two lines above the central line; REGNAID MON in two lines below. BMC Vol II:6. Plate IX:2 (this piece illustrated). S. 629 (pre 1978) S. 1101 (current). As made; exceptional toning.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Wessex. Aethelstan. 924-939. Penny electrotype. 22 mm. BMC x, variety a. York (The BMC coin weighs 22.7 grains). Bust left in high relief; ÆDELSTΛN REX (retrograde) around / A small central cross pattee; +OEONEETREBL+ around (retrograde). (Ecberht or Rotberht?). BMC Vol II:17. Plate IX:5 (this piece illustrated). S. 629a (pre 2007) S. 1102 (current). As made; superb toning.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of Wessex. Eadmund. 939-946. Penny electrotype. 22 mm. The BMC coin weighs 24.0 grains. Type i. Small cross patee; +EADMVND REX around / Moneyer's name in two lines across, crosses between the letter, three pellets in triangle above and below; DOMEN +++ CESMO. BMC Vol II:41. Plate XI:3 (this piece illustrated) S. 631 (1962-1977). S. 1105 (current). As made.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)

Electrotype of English hammered coinage. Kings of England. Cnut. 1016-1035. Penny electrotype. 17 mm. BMC type xx. Jewel cross. York (The BMC piece weighs 17.6 grains). Diademed bust left, a scepter in front; + CNVT REX around / A cross of four ovals united within two circles, a pellet in the center; BRVNMΛN ON LVND around. BMC Vol II:467. Plate XIX:4 (this piece illustrated). Also, plate coin for Standard Catalog editions from 1978 until 2007. S. 678 (pre 1978) S. 1163 (current). As made; exceptional toning.

Electrotypes of Anglo-Saxon and English coins in the British Museum (joined into a double thick single piece). Many were used for the Standard Catalog prior to 2007.

These double-thick electrotypes of British Museum Anglo-Saxon and English hammered coins are direct copies of pieces in the British Museum and can be seen in the plates of the the two BMC volumes issued in 1887 and 1893: Keary & Poole, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume I, and Grueber & Keary, A Catalogue of English Coins in the British Museum, Anglo-Saxon Series Volume II.

These copies were used for the production of the reference that has become the standard for English coins, the Spink Standard Catalog. (Prior to 1998 the publication was known as the Seaby Standard Catalog.) Many of the pieces offered here are the pieces photographed for the annual catalogs from the small format 1962 edition until the major revision in the 42nd edition in 2007, when the catalog changed from black and white to color.

Prior to the larger size publications that began with the much expanded and renumbered 16th edition in 1978, the earlier editions beginning in 1962 were smaller 5 by 7 ½ inch books. Earlier still, prior to 1962 the publications were larger and thinner with drawings rather than photographs illustrating the coins.)

The electros are apparently extremely rare if not generally unique. I have seen a very few examples of other types in this format being offered but never a duplication of any offered here. (AD)