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Auction: 21050 - The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coins - Part II : Northumbria
Lot: 416

Northumbria, Æthelred I, Second Reign (789-796), Sceat, variety VII, beaded borders, Ceolbald, AEDILRED in neat Roman script around central church, rev. CEOLBALD around central boss in beaded circle, 1.08g, 0° (SL 80-80; SCBI 69, 884 this coin; cf. North 185; Spink 856), noticeably off-struck, otherwise the devices exquisitely sharp, nearly extremely fine, very rare thus

provenance
Acquired privately from finder, August 2014
~ Found by C Best at Weaverthorpe (North Yorkshire) ~


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£520

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£450