324, Lot: 630. Estimate $200. Sold for $360. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred II. First or second reign, 841-843/4 and 843/4-849/50. Æ Styca (13mm, 1.24 g, 12h). Phase II, Group Ai. York mint; Leofdegn, moneyer. + AEðELRED REX, swastika / +LEOFDEGn MOИET, celtic cross. Pirie – (but cf. 172-3 for same rev. die); North 188; SCBC 866. VF, hard green and red deposits. Rare.

From the Peter Moffat Collection.