Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1452. Estimate $2000.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $2000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Aethelred I. Second reign, 789-796. Base AR Styca (1.09 g, 7h). Phase Ia. ‘Shrine’ type. York mint; Cudcil, moneyer. ED+GRED, cross pattée / CVD CLS, cross surmounting triangle (’shrine’). Pirie 22; Pirie, Guide 3.1f; North 184 var. (obv. legend); SCBC 857. VF, darkly toned, small edge chip. Very rare.

From the Beowulf Collection.