BRITISH COINAGE

295, Lot: 143. Estimate $100. Sold for $700. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred II. First reign, 841-843/4. Æ Styca (14mm, 1.06 g, 12h). Eoferwic (York) mint; Fordred, moneyer. Legend around central cross / Legend around six pellets. North 187; SCBC 865. VF, brown surfaces, areas of weak strike on reverse.