ANGLO-SAXON BRITAIN. Aethelred of Mercia. 674-704. Base silver sceat. 1.15 gm. 12 mm. Metcalf: Runic porcupine reading Æethiliræd. Runic legend, "AITHILRID" (laterally reversed) / "Porcupine" design (a devolved expression of a head). S. 780. N. 155. Cf Metcalf 134, 5. Abr. 92-20. Good Very Fine; well centered, well struck.

The Zabel Collection.