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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelweard. Circa 845-855. AR Penny (21mm, 1.34 g, 2h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Twicga, moneyer. Good VF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of East Anglia. Æthelweard. Circa 845-855. AR Penny (21mm, 1.34 g, 2h). Mint in East Anglia (Ipswich?); Twicga, moneyer. + EÐELVVEARD REX, ‘Omega cross’ in beaded circle / + TPICG :·A:· mON, cross pattée with pellets in angles; all within beaded circle. Naismith E53.1a = Pagan, Coinage p. 70, IV, 1 = SCBI 16 (Norweb), 109 (this coin); North 454; SCBC 953. Mottled golden toning. Good VF. Very rare. With an exceptional pedigree. Click here for a video presentation on this collection.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVII.8 (October 1999), no. 3845; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 345; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part III, 19 November 1986), lot 768; Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.10 (October 1955), no. RCL51; R.C. Lockket Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 415; G.J. Bascom Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 15 June 1914), lot27; A.B. Richardson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 22 May 1895), lot 21; R. Marsham Collection (Sotheby, Wikinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 89.
Aethelweard, King of East Anglia (845-855) does not appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and is known only from his coins. He appears to have ruled East Anglia independent of the control of either Mercia or Wessex.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Four – Lot 830–1154 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 15 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
From the Sidney W. Harl & Kenneth W. Harl Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CVII.8 (October 1999), no. 3845; L. Stack Collection (Sotheby’s, 22 April 1999), lot 345; E.M. Norweb Collection (Part III, 19 November 1986), lot 768; Spink Numismatic Circular LXIII.10 (October 1955), no. RCL51; R.C. Lockket Collection (Part I, Glendining, 6 June 1955), lot 415; G.J. Bascom Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 15 June 1914), lot27; A.B. Richardson Collection (Sotheby, Wilkinson, & Hodge, 22 May 1895), lot 21; R. Marsham Collection (Sotheby, Wikinson, & Hodge, 19 November 1888), lot 89.
Aethelweard, King of East Anglia (845-855) does not appear in the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle and is known only from his coins. He appears to have ruled East Anglia independent of the control of either Mercia or Wessex.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Four – Lot 830–1154 will be held Wednesday afternoon, 15 January 2025 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
