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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 382

Northumbria, Æthelred, First Reign (774-779), Sceat, variety i, EDILRED, L & R inverted, central cross, trefoil in field, beaded border, rev. large fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, pointed tail enclosing cross, large triquetra below, 1.02g, 0° (SL 72-20 plate coin; Abramson, 2012b, Fig 10b; SCBI 69, 870 this coin; North 180; Spink 850), of charmingly native style, of excellent and attractively patinated fabric, a pleasingly good very fine, extremely rare

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, February 2010
~ Found by C Best at Market Weighton (East Yorkshire), 2010 ~


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Sold for
£2,100

Starting price
£800