Coins and Historical Medals

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, KINGS OF MERCIA, Æthelred?, Sceatta, Primary series E, ‘Æthilired’ type, porcupine-like figure with large snout, rev. athili rad in runes in two lines, pellets around, 1.18g/1h (SCBI BM 423, same obv. die; Abramson 92-10; N 155; S 780). Good very fine, well struck up and attractively toned £600-£800