Sale: CNG 75, Lot: 1453. Estimate $750.  Closing Date: Wednesday, 23 May 2007.  Sold For $1350. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Aethelred I. Second reign, 789-796. Base AR Styca (1.08 g, 9h). Phase Ia. York mint; Ceolbald, moneyer. AEDILRED (first D retrograde), cross surmounting quadripartite square / +CEOLBALD, pellet-in-annulet. Pirie -; Pirie, Guide 3.1a; North 185 var. (obv. legend); SCBC 856. Good VF, toned. High silver content for issue. Very rare.

From the Beowulf Collection.