436, Lot: 989. Estimate $750. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Alchred. 765-774. AR Styca (14.5mm, 1.00 g, 3h). York mint. Retrograde AL•CH down right side, RED down left side, read from outside, all around central small cross pattée / Quadruped standing right, raising foreleg; small cross pommée below. Booth, Sceattas 9 (dies H/g) = SCBI 1 (Fitzwilliam), 267 (same dies); Pirie, Guide 2.5a-c var. (legends); SCBI 68 (Lyons), 52 var. (same); SCBC 849. Good VF, minor deposits.

From the Londinium Collection.