Sceat - Alchred

Features

Issuer Kingdom of Northumbria (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
King Alchred (765-774)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 765-774
Value 1 Sceat
Composition Silver
Weight 0.95 g
Diameter 14 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
102967
References Sp# 849,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 179
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Small cross pommée, ruler's name around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ΛΓCHDER

Reverse

Stylised stag right raising foreleg, small cross pommée below.

Comments

Early Anglo-Saxon period (600-775), Kings of Northumbria (c.685-c.867), Silver Sceatta coinage (c.685-c.806), Regal issues (c.685-c.788). Abr. 71

Also referred to as Alhred or Ealchred, he became king in 765 and was deposed and exiled in 774.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (765-774) 

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