Kings of Northumbria Alchred AD 765-774 Silver Sceatta

£1,450.00

Code: RS791

Kings of Northumbria Alchred 765-774AD Silver Sceatta

Small cross/Stylized stag with cross below.

S849, 13x14mm, 1.06g

Provenance will be provided.

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Alchred (765-774) – a relation of Archbishop Ecberht of York by marriage, the Anglo-Saxon Chronicle comments very little on Alchred’s reign, except to state that his reign ended in deposition and exile – after which he allegedly fled to Scotland. However, some surviving documentary evidence suggests that he was involved in the endorsing of several religious missions to mainland Europe.

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