DD17 - The Kingdom of Northumbria, King Eadberht and Archbishop Ecgberht (737-758), Silver Sceat


DD17 - The Kingdom of Northumbria, King Eadberht and Archbishop Ecgberht (737-758), Silver Sceat, 0.49g., ,+EOTBERHTVI, around a cross, rev., +ECGBERT in front of a mitred figure holding two crosses, (N.192; S.852), almost very fine, rare. $395 Eadberht and Ecgberht were brothers and with their joint coinage symbolizes the central role the church played in the governance of the Northumbrian state.