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Great Britain. Kings of Northumbria. AR Sceat, ND

Currency:USD Category:Coins & Paper Money Start Price:850.00 USD Estimated At:1,700.00 - 2,000.00 USD
Great Britain. Kings of Northumbria. AR Sceat, ND
<Our item number 115811><B>Great Britain. Kings of Northumbria. AR Sceat, ND.</B> North-184; S-857. 0.99 grams.<B> Aethelred I, 2nd Reign, 789-796 AD.</B> Small cross at center, ED + LRED around. <I>Reverse</I>: Triangular &#34;shrine&#34; with cross atop; CVD CLS divided. Good strike on lightly granular metal. Attractive and even, light to medium gray toning. Extremely Rare. <B>NGC graded EF-45.</B> <BR><BR>The object depicted is probably the shrine of Saint Cuthbert, patron and protector of the Anglo-Saxon stronghold of Lindisfarne, or Holy Island, near the Scottish border on the North Sea. It was ultimately overrun by the Vikings, who stripped the church. Today a forbidding castle stands at the tip of the island and a modern statue of the saint stands where the original probably existed. <BR>Estimated Value &#36;1,700 - 2,000. <I><BR>Ex Dr Jacob Y. Terner Collection &#40;by private treaty to the Millennia Collection&#41;.</I> <BR><BR>Our item number 115811<BR><IMAGES><P ALIGN="CENTER"><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/115811.jpg"> <BR><IMG SRC="http://www.goldbergcoins.net/liveauction/47jpegs/115811N2.jpg"> </P></IMAGES>