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Auction: 12025 - Ancient, British & Foreign Coins and Com
Lot: 402

Northumbria, Aethelred I (first reign 774-79), AR Sceatta, 0.89g, edilred, l and r inverted and outward facing, around central small cross, rev. stylised stag standing right with long curling tail within which a cross, triquetra below, two pellets by front legs (Abramson -; N.180; S.850), centrally struck, good very fine, a pleasing example of this extremely rare type Estimate £ 1,200-1,600 Single finds of this issue with the stag and triquetra seem to be clustered on East Yorkshire. The SCBI/EMC records eight examples of Aethelred I Sceattas with the stag reverse of which five have the triquetra below and cross within the tail loop. This recently found coin is one of the best examples. provenance Found near Nafferton, Driffield, East Yorkshire, September 2011 Recorded with the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, EMC 2012-137

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