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LOT 3800
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht with Archbishop Ecgberht AR Sceatt. 737-758. York mint.
E◊TBEREhTVΓ around central small cross pattée / ECςBERhT, mitred figure standing facing, head to right, holding long cross and crozier. Pirie, Guide 2.2a-c; North 192; SCBC 852. Very Fine.(0.90gr, 13mm, 4h.).
Provenance
Found near York, Yorkshire, UK.
Recorded by the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds of the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridgeshire, with reference no. EMC 2025.0311.
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LOT 3800
Anglo-Saxon. Kings of Northumbria, Eadberht with Archbishop Ecgberht AR Sceatt.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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