342, Lot: 1048. Estimate $1000. Sold for $1500. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Alchred. 765-774. AR Sceat (14mm, 0.96 g). Eoferwic (York) mint. ALCHRED arranged around short cross pattée / Heraldic quadruped standing right, raising foreleg; short cross pommée below. Cf. Booth, Sceattas 1-15 (various legend arrangements; unlisted dies); Pirie, Guide 2.4a-c; North 179; SCBC 849. VF. Very rare.