Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1442. Estimate $500.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Eadberht. 737-758. AR Sceat (1.03 g, 9h). Group F (Pirie regal group Aii). York mint. EOTBERhTVS (S retrograde), tribrach with pellet in each sector / Heraldic quadruped standing right, raising foreleg; triquetra below, annulet above. Beowulf 108 (this coin); Pirie, Guide 2.1 var. (obv. type); North 177; SCBC 847. Good VF, toned, a hint of roughness. Extremely rare type with tribrach obverse.

From the Beowulf Collection.