Ælfwald I, class B -

Northumbria, Ælfwald I (779/80-788), Sceat, class B, beaded borders, AlEfVAlDVS+ S reversed, Aelfwald, around cross pattée, serpent-like S, rev. fantastic animal standing right, foreleg raised, tail looped, pointing down, 1.08g, 180° (SL 73-20 plate coin; SCBI 69, 873 this coin; North 181; Spink 851).

Images and selected text reproduced by kind permission of Spink and Son Ltd, London, auction 21050, The Tony Abramson Collection of Dark Age Coinage - Part II - Northumbria, March 18th 2021, lot #386. Provenance: C Best, September 2010 ~ Reportedly found 2 miles west of Thirsk (North Yorkshire).