SCBC Plate Coin

373, Lot: 575. Estimate $100. Sold for $120. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred II. First reign, 841-843/4. Æ Styca (13mm, 1.34 g, 9h). Eoferwic (York) mint; Alghere, moneyer. Phase II, Group B, 841-843/4. + AEDILRED Rx around central cross pattée / + ALCHERE, with pellets in quarters of initial cross, around central cross pattée with pellets in quarters . Pirie, Guide 3.15b; SCBC 868 (50th ed. – this coin illustrated; Second Reign). Good VF, die flaw.

From the Dr. Andrew Wayne Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CXVII.2 (May 2009), no. HS3708.