Ælfwald II [?], Eadwin -

Northumbria, Ælfwald II [?] (806-808), Sceat, Tertiary Phase (re-used dies), +Al· FVALD(VS) retrograde, rev. +EADVINI retrograde around central cross, central motif (1/1), 0.82g, 30° (Styca Supplement plate coin; SCBI 69, 909 this coin; North -; cf. Spink 859).

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 #435. Provenance: R Last, July 2007 ~ Found in Pocklington ~ [EMC 2008.0107 = BNJ Coin Register 2008, no. 210].

The attribution of coinage between Æflwald I and II remains one of this coinage’s chronological controversies. The longevity of the moneyer Cuthheard fails to clarify the sequence of issues. Abramson favours the transition from the fantastic beast type to the named moneyer reverse as having occurred in the reign of Æflwald I. The designation of coins to Æflwald II remains uncertain.