Watch List notes:

Northumbria, Æthelred, First Reign (774-779), Sceat, variety ii, EDILRED, L & R inverted, central cross, beaded border, rev. large fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, pointed tail emanating from mid-back, enclosing pellet, large triquetra below, 1.07g, 0° (SL 72-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 869 this coin; Stewartby I, 55; North 180; Spink 850 plate coin), of more rustic style than the Alchred emissions and with a small chip to flan, otherwise of good fabric, the devices immensely bold, a really good very fine, extremely rare.
provenance
J Booth, September 2007
~ Found north of Driffield (East Yorkshire) ~
[EMC 2008.0087 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 188]


Estimate: £500 - £800