CNG 108, Lot: 1134. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred I, with Archbishop Eanbald I. First reign, 774-779/80. AR Sceatt (13mm, 1.05 g, 11h). York mint. + AEDILRED, cross pattée / Retrograde + EANBALD, pellet within dotted circle. Booth, Coinage, var. iv, 55 = SCBI 48 (Northern), 208 var. (legends); Pirie, Guide 2.8c var. (cross not pellet on rev.); SCBC 855; CNG 64, lot 1611 (same dies). VF, lightly toned. Very rare.