ANGLO-SAXON, Kings of Northumbria. Æthelred II. First reign, 841-843/4. Æ Styca (12mm, 0.79 g, 9h). York mint; Fordred, moneyer. + EDILRED REX (L inverted) around central cross pattée / :+: FORDRED around central cross pattée. SCBI 69 (Abramson), 968 (this coin); Pirie 3.26d-f var. (central rev. design); North 190; SCBC 868. Glossy brown-green patina. Some die flaws. Good VF.
Ex James P. Rosen Collection (Keystone 14, 12 June 2024), lot 3; Tony Abramson (Spink 271, 18 March 2021), lot 500, purchased from A. Gillis, October 2014. Reportedly found in North Yorkshire.