Triton XXI, Lot: 1376. Estimate $500. Sold for $1300. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Aldfrith. 685-705. AR Sceatt (10.5mm, 1.10 g, 5h). York mint. + AldFRIduS (S retrograde), pellet-in-annulet / Quadruped with forked tail standing left. Booth, Sceattas 1 (dies A/a); Pirie, Guide 1.2; Abramson 69.10; SCBI 68 (Lyon), 48 (same dies); North 176; SCBC 846. VF, toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Finn FPL 15 (1999), no. 54.