Northumbria, Æthelred II (c. 841-843-849/50), AE Stycas (2), Phase IIc, Forthred, +EDILRED REX, central cross, rev. + FORDRED, initial evangelistic cross, central cross, central motif (1/1), 1.17g, 7h (SCBI 69 [Abramson], 968); struck off-centre, otherwise a bold very fine; another, Phase IIa, Leofthegn, similar, although pellets around central cross, 1.07g, 6h (SCBI 69 [Abramson], 970ff; North 190; Spink 868), brown patina, good very fine (2).
Provenance
Bruun Rasmussen e-Auction 1325, 2012, lot 5149,
i) B Rasmussen, by private treaty, 8 February 1972,
ii) Arno Rasmussen, by private treaty, 17 November 1973
Estimate: £100 - £150