Northumbria Aethelred I and Archbishop Eanbald I Silver Sceat AD 779-780
£995.00
Northumbria Aethelred I and Archbishop Eanbald I Silver Sceat AD 779-780
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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