Eanred AD 810-841 Copper Styca

Cross each side

MONNE

S862; 12mm, 1.04g

This coin comes with a previous handwritten collector’s label.

Kingdom of Northumbria

The end of the 7th Century sees the establishment of an advanced monetary system in Northumbria with Kings and Archbishops being named on silver sceats, also the introduction of a bronze coin called the Styca. The silver coins of this series vary in rarity and price, some kings who ruled for very short periods are extremely rare, other, more successful rulers produced far more coins.

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Series B1

Diademed bust / Bird on cross

S777; 11mm, 1.23g

This coin comes with a previous handwritten collector’s label.

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Continental Issues AD 695-740 Silver Sceatta

Series X

Wodan head / Monster

Ribe mint

S797; 11mm, 0.98g

Extremely high grade, good silver and beautiful surfaces.

This coin comes with rough find area provenance.

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Kent type 33

Diademed bust right with cross before/Wolf’s head with long tongue

S803, 11mm, 1.08g

ex Tony Abramson collection, with his labels.

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Cross / Stylized stag

S847, 13mm, 1.05g

A wonderful example, seldom are these available this nice.

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

Eadberht (737-758) – another individual ruling during Northumbria’s ‘golden age’, Eadberht is notable for his reforms to the kingdom’s coinage – instituting a high-quality sceatta issue depicting the so-called ‘fantastic beast’ on its reverse. His coins are relatively common, this reflecting the high output during his reign that reflects a burgeoning economy. Energetically ruling for over two decades, he voluntarily abdicated in 758 and became a monk, dying peacefully in 768.

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Pellet in circle/Cross

S855; 14mm, 0.98g

A decent example, well struck in good silver.

Æthelred I (774-779, 790-796) –             a king with two reigns, Æthelred was deposed in 779 but returned to rule in 790. In 792, he achieved a substantial act of diplomacy by allying with Mercia through marriage to King Offa’s daughter Ælfflæd. However, the next year Lindisfarne was raided for the first time by marauding Vikings – Æthelred’s popularity subsequently tumbled, as many saw this event as God punishing his brutal habits of murdering potential rivals. Chroniclers record that he was killed by a group of his own nobles at Corbridge in 796.

Archbishop Eanbald I – who presided over the Synod of Whitby (which laid down rules for clergy) and oversaw the re-building of York Minster. Eanbald co-issued coins with Æthelred I.

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Series E

Degenerate had / Standard

S790, 12mm, 1.26g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

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Degenerate head/Aethelred in runes in 2 lines

S780, 13mm, 1.11g

An attractive example of this popular type, inscription especially clear.

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance.

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Series X, Wodan head

Facing Wodan head / Crested monster, biting tail

S797; 12mm, 0.97g

Well struck in good silver on a broad flan and with little wear, rare in this state.

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A rough find area provenance will be supplied with this coin.

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Series E

Degenerate head / Standard, 4 pellets around central annulet

S790B, 11mm, 1.00g

This coin comes with a rough find area provenance

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