Northumbria, Æthelred I, Second Reign (789-796), Sceat, variety VII, beaded borders, Ceolbald, AEDILRED in neat Roman script around central church, rev. + CEOLBAE[D] around central pellet-in-beaded-annulet, 0.83g, 180° (SL 80-80 plate coin; SCBI 69, 883 this coin; cf. North 185; Spink 856 plate coin), bright and slightly porous with traces of deposits in recesses, otherwise a bold very fine, rare.
provenance
M Vosper, July 2007
B Tregear collection
Estimate: £450 - £550