Triton XXI, Lot: 1381. Estimate $400. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred I. Second reign, 789-796. AR Sceatt (13.5mm, 1.23 g, 4h). York mint; Ceolbeald, moneyer. (saltire cross with pellets) AEDIL(wedge)RED, short cross over short cross pommée in saltire; all within beaded border / + CEOBALD, pellet in beaded border. Booth, Coinage 12; Pirie –; Abramson 80.30 (same dies as illustration); SCBI –; North 185; SCBC 856. Good VF, deeply toned. Very rare.

From the Dr. JDR Collection. Ex Spink Numismatic Circular CI.1 (February 1993), no. 117.