Northumbria, Æthelred I, First or Second Reign, with Archbishop Eanbald (c. 779-780 // 789-796), Sceat, variety III, beaded borders, +AEDIL.RED around central rosette, rev. +EANBALD around central rosette, 0.82g, 315° (SL 78-60 plate coin; SCBI 69, 1040 this coin; North 185/1; Spink 855), traces of surface porosity, otherwise well-centred, a bolder very fine, very scarce.
provenance
Acquired privately from finder, June 2012
~ Found by C Best at Thorpe-le-Street (East Yorkshire) ~
Estimate: £600 - £800