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ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Alchred. 765-774. AR Sceatt (14mm, 1.15 g, 11h). York mint. Retrograde ALCH down right side, RED down left side, both read from outside, cross pattée / Quadruped standing right, raising foreleg; small cross pommée below. Grierson, Coins of Medieval Europe 84; Beowulf 114 (this coin); Chapman 103 (same dies); Booth, Sceattas 1-14 (unlisted dies); Pirie, Guide 2.5b (same dies as illustration); North 179; SCBC 849. Toned. Good VF. Rare.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Beowulf Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 75, 23 May 2007), lot 1449.
While southern England under Mercian hegemony adopted the broad flan penny the coinage of Northumbria, both regal and archiepiscopal, retained the smaller sceatta type coinage.
From the Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins. Ex Beowulf Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 75, 23 May 2007), lot 1449.
While southern England under Mercian hegemony adopted the broad flan penny the coinage of Northumbria, both regal and archiepiscopal, retained the smaller sceatta type coinage.