First reign 774-779/80 AD. Ar Sceat. EDILRED around cross. ® Fantastic animal left with pellet under head and foreleg, cross under tail and triquetra below. 1.1 g. Spink # 850. There are only a few Aethelred I coins (in single figures) with the reverse that shows the extra pellets. All these are from the same die. This one however is not. This die is unrecorded and as such would make a strong case for the two pellet type to be classed as a different variety. As struck, and in as found condition, with an overall dark brown surface.

Second reign 789-796 AD. Ar Sceat. Phase Ia. AEDILRED around Rx monogram (legend starts at six o'clock). + CEOLBALD around boss inside pelleted circle. 0.9 g. Spink # 856. Pirie, Coins of Northumbria 3.1b. Very rare type.