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S.808E Anglo-Saxon sceatSecondary phase Anglo-Saxon sceat
Mint: East Anglia
Series Q I E
Type 67
S.808E
Abramson 63-70
O: Bust right with cross before
R: Bird left
Ex- Hosker Haynes Auction 3 (lot 61)St. George's CollectionApr 15, 2024
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S.803D Anglo-Saxon sceatSecondary phase Anglo-Saxon sceat
Mint: Kent
Series K
Type 32a
S.803D
Abramson 39-10
O: Bust right holding cross
R: Wolf-headed serpent right
Ex- Hosker Haynes Auction 3 (lot 60)St. George's CollectionApr 15, 2024
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073 Christian IHvid of Christian, king of Denmark (1448-1481), Norway (1450-1481), and Sweden (1457-1464)
Mint: Malmo
O: *CRISTIEN R' D GR'D
R: MON MA: MOI ENS
Ex- Bruun Rasmussen 2411 (lot 5058), Ertzeid, HO HansenSt. George's CollectionMar 23, 2024
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S.5491 James VIBalance half-merk of James VI, king of Scotland 1567-1625 and England 1603-1625
Mint: Edinburgh
SCBC 5491
O: IACOBVS·6·D·G·R·SCOTORVM·1591
R: *·HIS·DIFFERT·REGE·TYRANNVS·
Ex- CNGSt. George's CollectionJan 15, 2024
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007 Olof SkötkonungSwedish penny, time of Olof Skötkonung 995-1022
Mint: Sigtuna
Malmer chain 11, dies 417/4.728
Blundered legends
Ex- Wolfshead Gallery, CNG 115 (lot 959), CNG eAuction 463 (lot 570)St. George's CollectionJan 15, 2024
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S.877 Cuthred (Eaba)Penny of Cuthred, king of Kent 798-807
Moneyer: Eaba
Mint: Canterbury
S. 905
O: +CVDRED REX CANTI
R: +EABA MONETA
Ex- Triton XXVII (lot 1231), Causeway collection, Sovereign RaritiesSt. George's CollectionJan 15, 2024
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S.794 Anglo-Saxon sceatContinental sceat
Mint: probably northern France or Frisia
Series D
Type 10
S.794
SL 9-10
O: Bust right, EPA in runic
R: "Moon face" right, TILVS partly on flan
Ex- CNG
St. George's CollectionJan 15, 2024
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Hadrian (Dacia)Sestertius of Hadrian, emperor of Rome 117-138
"Travel series"
Dacia
Exercitus type
RIC II.3 1924
O: HADRIANVS AVG COS III PP
R: EXERC DACIC[VS]
Ex- Divus NumismatikSt. George's CollectionJan 10, 2024
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S.854 Alchred with Archbishop EcgberhtSceat of Alchred, king of Northumbria 765-774 with Ecgberht, archbishop of York
Moneyer: unknown
Mint: York (presumably)
S. 854
Abramson 75-10
O: +AL.hHRDh (retrograde)
R: EGBERhT AR
A rare coin produced in the last year of Ecgberht's life. Ecgberht produced coins with Eadberht, Æthelwald Moll, and Alchred. He was a contemporary of Venerable Bede.
Ex- Silbury Coins, EMC 2014.0360St. George's CollectionJan 09, 2024
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088 John III1 Öre of John III, king of Sweden 1569-1592
1576
Mint: Stockholm
O: IOHANNES·3·D G·SVECIE·REX 7 6
R: MON NOVA STOK HOL I OR
Ex- eBaySt. George's CollectionDec 30, 2023
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011 HarthacnutPenny of Harthacnut, king of Denmark 1035-1042 and England 1040-1042
Danish issue as king of Denmark
Moneyer: Toci
Mint: Lund
S. 1170, Hbg 28 (var.)
Hauberg 28
O: NARÐECII
R: TOOCI ON LVNDI
Danish coin of Harthacnut, imitating the long cross type of Aethelred II. Harthacnut faces left with a nice head of bushy hair, looking somewhat more like a rooster's comb. In front of him is an extended hand, which seems to be clothed in a gauntlet. The lanky fingers look almost skeletal. The significance of this hand may be related to similar imagery of the 'benediction hand' on other coins of Aethelred II. This similar hand is also seen on late Roman coins. This image only appears on coins of Toci. Toci also struck coins for Cnut the Great, Magnus the Good, and Cnut IV.
Ex- Hafnia coins, Künker Auction 194 (lot 2132)St. George's CollectionDec 25, 2023
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025 NielsPenny of Niels, king of Denmark 1104-1134
Moneyer: Estman
Mint: Roskilde
Hbg. 9
O: N[ICO]LAVS REX
R: EST
Chipped (possibly as made or due to double striking?) but pleasantly toned example of Niels' scarce coinage. Double struck and somewhat difficult to read. Estman is one of his more common moneyers, and his name is found with various spellings. Coins of Niels are frequently chipped, or just struck on very irregular planchets. This is in contrast to the fairly well-made coinage of his father Svend Estridsen.
Ex- Bruun Rasmussen online auction 1407 (lot 5009)St. George's CollectionDec 25, 2023
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011 HarthacnutPenny of Harthacnut, king of Denmark 1035-1042 and England 1040-1042
English issue in the name of Cnut
Moneyer: Leofwine
Mint: Thetford
Arm-and-scepter type
S. 1169
O: +CNVT RECX A
R: +LEFPINE ON ÐEOTVO
The arm-and-scepter type in the name of "Cnut" was produced during the reign of Harthacnut
Ex- Mark Rasmussen, Morton & Eden Auction 91 (lot 43), Archbishop John SharpSt. George's Collection
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EbroinMerovingian denier of Ebroin, mayor of the palace of Neustria 658-673, 675-680/681
Moneyer: unknown
Mint: unknown, possibly Melle
O: Bust right
R: E BRO INO
This Merovingian coin is inscribed with the letters BRO/INO inside a large E, presumably naming Ebroin.
The named Ebroin is generally presumed to be Ebroin, the mayor of the palace of Neustria. The Mayor of the Palace was in charge of the king's household. Originally a significant and influential advisor to the king, the office of Mayor eventually grew in power and stature to become the de facto power behind the Merovingian throne, during the end of the dynasty. The late Merovingian kings were fairly ineffectual and power rested with the mayor. In the 650s, the mayor of Austrasia, Grimoald, attempted to take power for his family from the Roi fainéant, by having his (Grimoald's) son adopted by the Merovingian king Sigebert III, but there was backlash and Grimoald was overthrown and executed. The Merovingian dynasty was in its death throes, but it wasn't quite dead yet.
With this in mind, Ebroin never tried to take the throne for himself or his family. But he was certainly the power behind the throne. He exercised power through the weak kings Clotaire III and Theuderic III. Presuming that the attribution is correct, Ebroin was the first Mayor to place his name on coins. There are no coins of his successors though, apart from some coins dubiously attributed to Charles Martel. So the attribution will likely always have some doubt.
As far as I can tell, only two other coins were previously known of Ebroin, one depicted by Belfort (3460) in his famous publication on Merovingian coins, and the other from the Bais hoard. The Belfort coin has a moneyer's name on the obverse. The Bais example is similar to this example, with no moneyer. This coin is a third example. I am not sure if there are any others known. However, there are other coins that are similar to this one, without the name of Ebroin, but with a similar large E on the reverse.
Ex- Comptoir Général Financier (706994)St. George's Collection
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S.860 Eanred (Herreth)Sceat of Eanred, king of Northumbria 810-841
Moneyer: Herreth
Mint: York (presumably)
S. 860
O: X EANREd (retrograde)
R: X HERRED
Ex- RP CoinsSt. George's Collection
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