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    • Category:Coin of the kings of Wessex 9th-10th centuries
    • Ruler:Alfred the Great

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Record ID: NLM-B53642
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Silver coin. Penny of Alfred the Great (871-899), cf. Spink no. 1057, ‘Wessex lunette’ in fine condition, Obverse description: bust diademed and cuirassed right, pellet at throat, head breaks into inner circle. Initial cross pattee. Obverse inscription: +AELBRED  REX Reverse description: legend over three lines Reverse inscription: MON./HEREMOD/.ETA. Diameter: 19.0mm, Weight: 1.14gms, die axis: 6
Created on: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Last updated: Tuesday 15th August 2023
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: GLO-47F292
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: South Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An Early Medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), Cross-and-Lozenge type (North 629) dating to c.AD875-80, 'West Mercian' style, moneyer: Lulla. Refs: North 1994: 124; Naylor 2022 (in Naylor and Standley 2022): 93-6; Blackburn and Keynes 1998: cf. nos 53 and 54. Obverse: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. AELFRED REX SAX Reverse: Cross Pattee with central lozenge, cross saltire in the centre. Cross bar on each arm of the cross. MON/ETA/LVL/LA North 629
Created on: Friday 17th March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 14th September 2023
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: LIN-F27649
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A fragment of an early-medieval silver penny of Alfred of Wessex (871-99), Lunettes type (not further defined) dating to cAD871-74/5, mint and moneyer uncertain. Ref: North 1994: 123; Lyons and Mackay 2008. The coin is broken along irregular fractures leaving approximately a quarter surviving.  Max surviving width: 13 mm; Weight: 0.39g
Created on: Wednesday 1st March 2023
Last updated: Thursday 26th October 2023
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Near Horncastle', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: YORYM-A2D5A2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Yorkshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver Viking imitation penny of Alfred the Great dating to the period AD 880-899. Two line type. Moneyer Ludig. Mint uncertain.  North Type 475/1, p. 107. This object was also recorded by the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Created on: Tuesday 8th November 2022
Last updated: Monday 28th November 2022
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Record ID: OXON-89377C
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete Early Medieval silver penny of Alfred the Great of Wessex (AD 871-99) dating to c.AD 871-5. Lunettes 'type A' (unbroken). Moneyer: Bosa at Cantebury. North (1994: 123) No. 625. Lyons and Mackay 2008: 44; 46-7. A small piece of the flan has broken away in old damage between 8 and 10 as seen on the obverse.
Created on: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Last updated: Wednesday 9th September 2020
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: SF-06FF49
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Cambridgeshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A silver Early Medieval (Anglo Saxon) penny of Alfred (AD 871-899), Two Emperors Type, dating to c. AD 880-885. Beagstan moneyer. N 632. The coin has been recorded from digital pictures. EMC 2019.0279
Created on: Wednesday 23rd October 2019
Last updated: Thursday 19th December 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Castle Camps', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-BD7707
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
Circular silver penny of Alfred the Great, King of Wessex AD 871 - 899 in good condition but with minor damage to edge caused by corrosion. Right facing bust in centre circle with lettering around "Aelbred Rex" On reverse three lines of lettering thus: MON DIAREL ETA In lunettes enclosed in a circle of two rings.
Created on: Saturday 8th June 2019
Last updated: Thursday 15th September 2022
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Old Hall Farm; Roxholm', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: KENT-14A6B2
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Kent
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A heavily worn Silver, penny, Alfred the Great (871-99), Two-line type (third coinage) uncertain mint and moneyer c. 880-99,North (1994) no. 635-41. Measurements: 24.05mm diameter, 0.79mm thick and 1.21g in weight
Created on: Thursday 25th April 2019
Last updated: Thursday 25th April 2019
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Record ID: SF-BEFB73
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An early-medieval base silver penny of Alfred the Great of Wessex (871-99), Lunettes type (c.871-5; obverse Lyons and Mackay group 1 variant II; reverse: Lunettes C), moneyer: Biarnmod at uncertain southern mint. North 627 (lunettes broken at angles). Ref: North 1994; Lyons and Mackay 2008: 44; 46-7. A small piece of the flan has broken away in old damage.
Created on: Monday 26th November 2018
Last updated: Wednesday 13th February 2019
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Exning', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SF-1AD5BD
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete silver hammered penny of Alfred, Two-Line ('Guthrum') type, dating c. 880-899. Moneyer Wulfred. This coin has been recorded on the EMC as 2018.0402.
Created on: Tuesday 6th November 2018
Last updated: Friday 16th November 2018
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Wordwell', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: BERK-D0574D
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Oxfordshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A Hammered silver Anglo-Saxon or, Anglo-Viking imitations of Alfred the Great. C. 885 - 915 AD. Two-line 'Guthram' type. Moneyer probably Cuthbeorht. Reverse with a small cross pattée between legend in two lines; pellet between. North 475/1; SCBC 966.
Created on: Wednesday 22nd August 2018
Last updated: Tuesday 5th May 2020
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: SWYOR-0764F4
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
An Early Medieval silver coin: a penny of Alfred the Great (871-899), first coinage, moneyer Osgeard, the mint probably Canterbury. It is 18mm in diameter and 0.9mm thick. It weighs 1.1gm. Reference: North, volume 1, number 625. Compare EMC 2001.1100.
Created on: Tuesday 19th June 2012
Last updated: Wednesday 10th June 2020
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: NLM-124D04
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: North Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An early medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), Canterbury style A/1, portrait type (N 629), moneyer: Burgnoth, mint: Canterbury. Ref: North 1994; Naylor 2022: 75-76, this coin listed as no. 6 in 'revised checklist', p. 222,  Obverse description: Bust diademed and cuirassed right. Obverse inscription: ÆLFR / ED REX Reverse description: Long cross with central rhomboid containing central cross and three triangles. Reverse inscription: +B / VR / GNN / OÐ (NN ligated) Diameter: 19.7mm, Weight: 1.05gms, die axis: probably 3
Created on: Wednesday 2nd May 2012
Last updated: Thursday 8th December 2022
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: WILT-7B3827
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An Early-Medieval silver penny of Alfred, measuring 20mm in diameter and weighing 1.51g.It has a die axis of 6 and slight wear. Obverse: Small cross pattée ΛELF RE + DRE ΛE are ligatured Reverse: Pellet VVLF RED in two lines Mint: Probably Winchester, c.890 Reference: Brooke type 6; North 639. It is uncertain whether this is an official issue or good Viking copy.
Created on: Tuesday 31st January 2012
Last updated: Monday 30th March 2020
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Salisbury', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: PUBLIC-A00281
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Gloucestershire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Kings of Wessex, Alfred (A.D. 871-99) Penny, First coinage, c.871-5; 'Lunette' type without mint name (Canterbury or perhaps London); BMC type ia; North 626. Obverse: AELBRED - REX + [B for F]; diademed bust, right Reverse: moneyer's name in three lines, in and between two lunettes, which are broken in the centres of their curves: MON | TIRVLF | ETA [= Tirulf monetarius]; after the F, five pellets
Created on: Thursday 16th June 2011
Last updated: Friday 6th July 2018
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Record ID: SF-5ADC86
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Suffolk
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
An incomplete silver penny of Alfred the Great, c.871-899 AD. Fourth coinage, two line type of uncertain Guthrum/Canterbury/Edward the Elder variety. Less than one quarter of the coin survives, the remainder now missing due to old breaks. As North, 1980: nos. 635-639.
Created on: Tuesday 20th July 2010
Last updated: Monday 19th October 2015
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Elveden', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: SUR-1CEAD5
Object type: COIN
Broad period: EARLY MEDIEVAL
County: Hampshire
Workflow stage: Awaiting validation Find awaiting validation
A penny of Alfred the Great, two-line type, of 'Edward the Elder' variety.
Created on: Wednesday 5th November 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded.


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Record ID: WILT-113693
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
Dr Gareth Williams, The British Museum, has examined images of this coin and others found with it and identified them as modern replicas produced from dies by Mr Trevor Ashmore. Examples of these replicas can be found in the British Museum, Coins and Medals, forgeries cabinet and all four examples of these replica coins are represented in an upcoming catalogue of modern replicas/fakes. It reproduces an early-Medieval Kingdom of Wessex Penny of Alfred, 'Edward the Elder' type. It is silver, 21mm in diameter and weighs 1.91g (29.4gn). It has a die axis of 3. Moneye…
Created on: Tuesday 24th June 2008
Last updated: Thursday 24th February 2011
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'probably Cricklade', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: LIN-4E3E27
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Lincolnshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A MODERN REPLICA copying a silver penny of Alfred the Great of Wessex(871-99), Horizontal/Two-Line 'Edward the Edler' type (N639), originally struck c.880-99, mint: Winchester, moneyer: Wulfred. The coin belongs with a series struck from dies produced by Mr Trevor Ashmore. The coin was double struck, hence the distortions on obverse and reverse, and is over-large and over the standard weight. There is a piercing though the coin between the AEL and [---] on the obverse; and after the RE[-] on the reverse.
Created on: Tuesday 17th October 2006
Last updated: Monday 8th February 2021
Spatial data recorded. This findspot is known as 'Heckington', grid reference and parish protected.


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Record ID: WILT-D35E13
Object type: COIN
Broad period: MODERN
County: Wiltshire
Workflow stage: Published Find published
A MODERN REPLICA copying a silver penny of Alfred the Great of Wessex(871-99), Horizontal/Two-Line 'Edward the Elder' type (N639), originally struck c.880-99, mint: Winchester, moneyer: Wulfred. The coin belongs with a series struck from dies produced by Mr Trevor Ashmore. The coin was double struck, hence the distortions on obverse and reverse, and is over-large and over the standard weight.
Created on: Friday 29th September 2006
Last updated: Tuesday 9th November 2021
Spatial data recorded.


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