| Dynasty: | Kings of Northumbria |
| Ruler: | Aethelred II |
| Reigned: | First Reign 841 - 844 |
| Denomination: | AE Sceat |
| Moneyer: | Eanred |
| Obverse: | +EDILRED REX+ |
| Reverse: | +EANRED+ |
| Reference: | SCBC 868, SCBI Vol. 20 (Mack) 426, North 188 |
| Weight: | 1.5 gms |
| Diameter: | 12.7 mm |
AETHELRED II, King of Northumbriaruled 841 - 849, with an interuption in 844 by Redwulf. The second Viking raid on Britain was at Lindisfarne in 793, followed by Jarrow in 794. Roger of Wendover in "Flowers of the Histories", writes:- "In 844... Ethelred, King of the Northumbrians, was expelled from the Kingdom and Redwulf succeeded to the Kingdom; and when hastily invested with the crown, he fought a battle with the Pagans (Vikings) at Elvet (Durham), he and Ealdorman Alfred fell with a large part of their subjects and then Ethelred ruled again." When the Danes arrived in East Anglia they took Northumbria in 867. |
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