Sceat of Ælfwald of Northumbria

Autor:

There is no person credited for images contained the the work. The introduction thanks the Clarendon Press for the production of these en:collotypes.

Credit:

Grueber, Herbert Appold (1846-1927), Handbook of the coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum. London/Oxford: British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals & the Clarendon Press, 1899. Plate III, image number 81. Available online at the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/handbookofcoinso00brituoft

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Opis:

A silver sceat, .5 fine, 1 5grains, of King Ælfwald I of Northumbria, King Eadberht's grandson, who ruled from 778 until his murder in 788. A similar beast symbol is also found on the coins of Eadberht and of King Alhred, husband of Eadberht's daughter. Other beast symbols are found on coins of Aldfrith and Æthelred I.

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Public domain