CNG 111, Lot: 1052. Estimate $400. Sold for $340. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Eadberht. 737-758. AR Sceatt (12mm, 0.92 g, 7h). Class Bi. York mint. EOTBREHTVΓ around central cross pattée in beaded border with pellets in angles / Heraldic quadruped standing left, raising foreleg. Booth, Sceattas Class Bi, dies B/b; Chapman 23-4; Pirie, Guide 2.1b var. (direction of quadruped); SCBI 63 (BM), 759; North 178; SCBC 847. Near EF, attractive dark toning with some hard green on the edge.