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Anglo Saxon: 690 - 899AD

Kent, Wihtred, 690-725: Sceatta. ‘B1a’. Diademed bust r., anepigraphic legend. Rv: Bird on cross, annulets, pellets, anepigraphic legend. S.777. EF $750.00

Wihtred defeated Oswine and became king of Kent ending the period of strife marked by the burning of Mul, prince of Wessex. Wihtred paid a massive wergeld for the murder. The brother of King Ine of Wessex married the daughter of Wihtred confirming an alliance. Kent and Wessex issued a joint law code. Wihtred was the grandfather of Egberht, king of Wessex and Bretwalda.

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Kent, Wihtred, 690-725: Sceatta. ‘C’. Radiate bust r., ‘LEPA’ in runes before. Rv: Standard. BMC 2b. toned. EF $550.00

Kent, Aethelberht II, 725-762: Sceatta. ‘K’. Diademed bust r. with hawk. Rv:  Hound and tree. BMC 42. Rare. toned. VF+ $975.00
Type inspired from Bacchus panther and thyrsus imagery.

Kent, Aethelberht II, 725-762: Sceatta. ‘N’. Dragon l. looking back. Rv:  Two figures stg. w. crosses. BMC 41b. Very rare. Good VF SOLD

Wessex, Edward the Elder. 899-924. Penny, ‘Portrait’. Diademed bust l. Rv: “BEAH RED MO” in two lines. S.1084. as struck, Good VF SOLD

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