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Eadberht, & Archb'p Ecgberht, var. ii - Northumbria, Eadberht, with Archbishop Ecgberht (738-757), Sceat, variety ii, beaded borders, EDTBEREhTVl·, around cross pattée, rev. ECGBERhT AR, mitred 3 ⁄4-length Archbishop Ecgberht standing facing, wearing leggings, holding two long crooks on uneven ground, 1.00g, 180° (SL 74-20 plate coin; Bude 2016, pl. 12, no. 4, SCBI 69, 1029 this coin; North 192; Spink 852). 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 #392. Provenance: T Webb Ware, October 1991 |