Viking Kingdom of York, 921-927, 1d, RARE PEDIGREE ISSUE
$14,450.00
A Pedigree Coin
From the Flaxton-Bossall hoard of 1807. Bought from Sothebys May 1987 by Lawrence Stack, sold April 1999 by Sotheby’s auction lot 381.
S1015 N556 St. Peter of York Coinage Phase III, Sword/ Hammer type. Obv: “SCIIE” / “TR MO” divided by a sword pointed right. On top of all this is cross pattee and on the bottom a line and a cross pattee. Rev: “+EICIV.IT OD” legend contained in outer circle, within this circle a voided hammer with a triangular top. The obverse and reverse legends being corrupted from SCI PETRI MO and EBORACI. Or St Peters money, Eboraci being latin for “from York or “made in York”.
The Flaxton hoard was discovered on April 14th 1807 by a farmer plowing his field near the village of Bossall, North Yorkshire and close to the A64 which in Saxon times was the main road north from York to Malton. Curiously the hoard site is only a few miles from the site where the pivotal Battle of Stamford bridge occurred in 1066. The hoard consisted of some two pounds of scrap silver, about 270 coins issued by the Vikings at York, Aethelstan, Edward the Elder and one Sassanid dirham all contained in a lead box. Based on the composition, the horde was probably deposited around 927-28 at a time when Aethelstan was busy subjugating Viking York. Because it was never properly catalogued, the Flaxton horde remains largely unknown but nevertheless highly significant. Most of the excessively rare coins of Regnald or Raienalt come from this hoard as do a number of mint state St Peter’s coinage. A similar coin, lacking the Flaxton Hoard provenance, sold in the Numismatica Ars Classica auction of the fabulous Irving Schneider collection of early Saxon coins held on 25 May 2025 for CHF 10000 plus 22.5% buyers fee. or $15065. This coin is better than the Schneider example and is one of a few coins that can be traced back to the Flaxton Hoard of 1807. This particular example features an appealing glossy, dark patina is completely struck up and definitely rates as a choice example of this rare coin. Choice Uncirculated. NGC MS62
NGC 2925525-005
A Pedigree Coin
From the Flaxton-Bossall hoard of 1807. Bought from Sothebys May 1987 by Lawrence Stack, sold April 1999 by Sotheby’s auction lot 381.
S1015 N556 St. Peter of York Coinage Phase III, Sword/ Hammer type. Obv: “SCIIE” / “TR MO” divided by a sword pointed right. On top of all this is cross pattee and on the bottom a line and a cross pattee. Rev: “+EICIV.IT OD” legend contained in outer circle, within this circle a voided hammer with a triangular top. The obverse and reverse legends being corrupted from SCI PETRI MO and EBORACI. Or St Peters money, Eboraci being latin for “from York or “made in York”.
The Flaxton hoard was discovered on April 14th 1807 by a farmer plowing his field near the village of Bossall, North Yorkshire and close to the A64 which in Saxon times was the main road north from York to Malton. Curiously the hoard site is only a few miles from the site where the pivotal Battle of Stamford bridge occurred in 1066. The hoard consisted of some two pounds of scrap silver, about 270 coins issued by the Vikings at York, Aethelstan, Edward the Elder and one Sassanid dirham all contained in a lead box. Based on the composition, the horde was probably deposited around 927-28 at a time when Aethelstan was busy subjugating Viking York. Because it was never properly catalogued, the Flaxton horde remains largely unknown but nevertheless highly significant. Most of the excessively rare coins of Regnald or Raienalt come from this hoard as do a number of mint state St Peter’s coinage. A similar coin, lacking the Flaxton Hoard provenance, sold in the Numismatica Ars Classica auction of the fabulous Irving Schneider collection of early Saxon coins held on 25 May 2025 for CHF 10000 plus 22.5% buyers fee. or $15065. This coin is better than the Schneider example and is one of a few coins that can be traced back to the Flaxton Hoard of 1807. This particular example features an appealing glossy, dark patina is completely struck up and definitely rates as a choice example of this rare coin. Choice Uncirculated. NGC MS62
NGC 2925525-005
