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the
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Archiepiscopal and Regal Issues |
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Northumbria had been from the early
seventh century a major political and cultural force within the
Anglo-Saxon heptarchy. Its kings had been Bretwaldas' or paramount kings
amongst their English and British neighbors and its scholars and religious
leaders were amongst the most respected in all of Christendom. However, by
the ninth century Northumbria was in terminal decline and after periods of
civil war quickly fell
victim to the Danish Viking invaders that overran the the kingdom in A.D.
867. A curious feature of the late Northumbrian kingdom was its coinage of
copper stycas or debased Sceats. Northumbria's archaic base metal coinage
was unique in northern Europe where broad flan silver pennies had been in use in the southern
England and in the Carolingian Empire since the late eighth century. |
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H2004 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, Alchred
(765-774),
Silver Sceat (Penny), 1.01g., York mint, ALCHRED around a
small cross, rev., fantastic quadruped with a mane right,
cross below, (N.179;
S.849), clear and complete legend, good very fine, extremely rare. $1995
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H2002 –The Kingdom of Northumbria, Eadberht
(737-758),
Silver Sceat (Penny), 0.95g., York mint, a
fantastic
quadruped with a mane right,
triquetra below, cross above, rev.,
EBOTBEREHTVS
around a small cross, (N.177;
S.847), clear and complete legend, almost very fine, very rare. $345
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H2001 - The Kingdom of Northumbria, Eanred
(810-840), Copper Styca,
1.28g., moneyer Eadwulf, +EANRED REX, around a
cross, rev., +EARDVLFH, around a cross, (N.186; S.860),
extremely fine. $225
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H2009 –The Kingdom of Northumbria,
Archbishops of York, Wulfhere
(849/50-900), Copper Styca, 0.91g., Phase
II, group Ci, York mint, moneyer Wulfred, +VVLFHEDE-PFD (retrograde),
cross pattée in linear circle, rev., VVLF W+ ED (partially
retrograde), pellet at center of voided cross, (Pirie 1285 (same dies);
N.197; S.871), very fine, very rare with voided cross. $325
SOLD
- Provenance:
- Ex Beowulf Collection, CNG Mail bid Auction 75,
Wednesday, 23 May 2007, Lot 1480.
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H1416 - The Kingdom of Northumbria, Eanred
(810-840), Silver Sceat, 1.06g., moneyer Herreth, +EANRED REX, around a
pellet, rev., +HERREĐ, around a cross, (N.186; S.860), small
hairline striking crack at 9 o’clock, an attractive extremely fine of good
style and silver. $445
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H1115 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, Æthelred II, 1st Reign (843/4-849/50), Copper Styca, 0.73g., “Hound
type”, moneyer Leofthegn, EDILRED REX, around a small cross within a
circle of pellets, rev., +LEOFDEGN divided by a quadruped (hound)
prancing right and looking back left, a triquetra in the field right,
(N.187; S.866), almost very fine, very rare. $795
This is
the only pictorial type in the Northumbrian Styca series and if seen
against the rising tide of debasement and degeneration in the coinage was
perhaps a special issue or single attempt to redress this decline. It must
have been a relatively small issue as it is only known from one reverse
die. The “hound” on the reverse is most probably the same beast that
features so prominently on the silver issues of Aldfrith and Eadberht a
century earlier and was most probably an heraldic device connected with
the kingdom or it’s royal bloodline. |
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H2034 -
The Kingdom of Northumbria, Æthelred
II, 1st Reign (843/4-849/50), Copper Styca,
1.37g., moneyer Fordred, EĐILRED REX, around a small cross of
five pellets, rev., +FORDRED, around a
cross of five pellets, (N.187; S.865), very fine.
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H1370 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, Archbishop of York, Wigmund
(c.837 - c.850), Issues, Copper Styca, 0.83g., +VI[GMV]ND ARP,
around a small cross, rev., moneyers name around cross,
(N.196; S.870), fair / poor. $45 z |
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H1119 – The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Eanred
(810-840), Copper Styca, 0.74g., moneyer Monne, +EANRED REX , around
a cross, rev., +MONNE, around a cross, (N.186; S.860), fine/
very fine. $50 |
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H1116 – The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Æthelred II, 1st Reign
(843/4-849/50), Copper Styca, 0.95g., moneyer Eardwulf, EĐILRED REX,
around a small cross in a circle, rev., +EARDVVULF, around a pellet
in a circle, (N.187; S.865), almost very fine. $95 SOLD |
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H818 -
The Kingdom of Northumbria, Æthelred
II, 2nd Reign (843/44-849/50), Copper Styca, 0.91g., moneyer Eardwulf, EĐILRED REX (in
part retrograde), around a pellet, rev., +EARDVVF, around a pellet, (N.190; S.868), very fine. $95 SOLD |
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H899 -
The Kingdom of Northumbria, Eanred
(810-840),
Copper Styca, 0.76g., moneyer Fordred (blundered), +EANRED RE, around
a pellet in annulet, rev., +DERDROE, around a cross, (N.186; S.862),
almost extremely fine.
$75 |
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H1372 - The Kingdom of Northumbria, Eanred
(810-840), Base Silver Sceat, 0.91g., moneyer Daegberht, +EANRED REX,
around a cross, rev., +DAEGBERHT, around a cross, (N.186; S.860),
fair - fine. $65 z
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H901 -
The Kingdom of
Northumbria, Æthelred II, 1st Reign (843/4-849/50), Copper Styca,
0.90g., moneyer Monne, EĐILRED REX, around a small cross, rev.,
+MONNE, around a cross of five pellets, (N.187; S.865), very fine.
$75 z
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The Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War (c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues |
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derivative issues appear to have been produced (perhaps at a mint or mints
under quasi-official authority) during the endemic periods of civil war that
came to characterize the last twenty five years of the Kingdom of
Northumbria. See Pirie, E. J. E., 1996, "Coins of the Kingdom of Northumbria
c.700-867." |
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H1373 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
0.94g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), very fine. $70 z SOLD |
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H1377 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
0.51g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), very fine. $40 z |
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H1374 – The Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
0.83g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), very fine. $50 z |
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H1117 – The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
1.09g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), almost very fine. $55 |
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H1118 – The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
0.98g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), very fine. $70 |
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H1120 – The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
1.01g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), very fine. $70
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H1121 – The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
0.90g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
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H1123 - The
Kingdom of Northumbria, Civil War
(c.843/44-c.855) Irregular or Derivative Issues, Copper Styca,
1.14g., partly or wholly blundered legends (cf North Volume 1, p.72;
S.872), very fine. $70
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