Triton XVII, Lot: 1418. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Alchred, with Archbishop Ecgberht. 765-774. AR Sceat (14mm, 0.99 g, 6h). Eoferwic (York) mint. + ΛLЧHRDЧ (Ч retrograde) counterclockwise around central cross pattée / EςBERΓ·hT ΛR around central cross pattée. Booth, Sceattas, dies D/c; Pirie, Guide 2.6a-b; North 193; SCBC 854. VF, traces of underlying luster. Very rare.