Northumbria, Æthelred I, First or Second Reign, with Archbishop Eanbald (c. 779-780 // 789-796), Sceat, variety ii, beaded borders, +ADILRED around central rosette, rev. +EANBALD around central pellet-in-annulet, 1.07g, 90° (SL 78-10 plate coin; SCBI 69, 1039 this coin; North 185/1; Spink 855), some trace porosity and traces of delamination, otherwise very fine or near so.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, April 2011
~ Found by C Best at Hayton (East Yorkshire) ~
[EMC 2012.0038 = BNJ Coin Register 2012, no. 86]
Estimate: £250 - £350