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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 381

Northumbria, Æthelred, First Reign (774-779), Sceat, variety ii, EDILRED, L & R inverted, central cross, beaded border, rev. large fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, pointed tail emanating from mid-back, enclosing pellet, large triquetra below, 1.07g, 0° (SL 72-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 869 this coin; Stewartby I, 55; North 180; Spink 850 plate coin), of more rustic style than the Alchred emissions and with a small chip to flan, otherwise of good fabric, the devices immensely bold, a really good very fine, extremely rare

provenance
J Booth, September 2007
~ Found north of Driffield (East Yorkshire) ~
[EMC 2008.0087 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 188]



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£1,500

Starting price
£480