Triton XVI, Lot: 1543. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Alchred. 765-774. AR Sceat (13mm, 0.72 g, 9h). Eoferwic (York) mint. ΛΓCHDER (DE retrograde, R retrograde and inverted), short cross pommée / Heraldic quadruped standing right, raising foreleg; short cross pommée below. Cf. Booth, Sceattas 1-15 (legends); Pirie, Guide 2.5b; North 179; SCBC 849. Good VF, cleaned. Very rare.