bmv_330012 - ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS - NORTHUMBRIA - EANRED Sceat HVAETRED

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Type : Sceat HVAETRED

Date: c. 810-840

Mint name / Town : Northumbria

Metal : bronze

Diameter : 13 mm

Weight : 1,02 g.

Rarity : R3

Coments on the condition:

Très belle monnaie homogène, sur un flan en billon large et régulier. Frappe vigoureuse, mais surface un peu hétérogène rendant la monnaie peu photogénique

Catalogue references :

MEC.1/manque

Obverse

Obverse legend : + EANRED REX.

Obverse description : autour d'une croisette centrale.

Reverse

Reverse legend : + HVAETRED.

Reverse description : autour d'une croisette centrale.

Commentary

Ce type de sceat en bas argent au nom de HVAETRED semble très rare ; ce type précis manque à la collection de Cambridge.

Historical background

ENGLAND - ANGLO-SAXONS - NORTHUMBRIA - EANRED

(c.810-841)

Eanred was King of Northumbria from about 810 to 841, or 830 to 854. Little is known of his reign. He succeeds Ælfwald II. It was under his reign that Northumbria was submitted to Egbert of Wessex in 827. His son Æthelred II succeeded him.