Triton XIX, Lot: 948. Estimate $750. Sold for $600. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
|
ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred I. Second reign, 789-796. AR Sceat (13.5mm, 1.04 g, 8h). York mint; Ceolbeald, moneyer. + AEDILRED, Rx monogram within beaded circle / + CEOBALD, pellet within beaded circle. Booth,
Coinage 27–8 (same dies as illustration); Pirie 18 (same dies); Pirie,
Guide, Phase Ia, 3.1b (same dies as illustration); Abramson 80.90 var. (rev. legend); SCBI 21 (Yorkshire), 25 (same dies); BMC 283; North 185; SCBC 856. EF, toned. Exceptionally well preserved. Rare issue with monogram on the obverse, extremely rare in this grade.
Ex Finn FPL 15 (1999), no. 60.