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Description: | An Early-Medieval silver probable Viking imitation of a penny of Alfred (871-99). It measures 19.37mm in diameter and weighs 1.15g. The coin has a die axis of 7 and some wear.Obverse: Diademed bust rightÆLFR ED REXReverse: Londonia monogram, cross above, three pellets belowDate: 887-99Reference: North 464 : although there is no moneyer name, EMC list similar coins under this number.John Naylor, National Finds Adviser, comments: My gut feeling is this is a Viking imitation but that doesn't obviously totally rule out a modern copy although if it's good silver I see no reason why it's not real.
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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