Description: 880-899 KING ALFRED THE GREAT ANGLO SAXSON SILVER PLATED PENNY LONDON MINTDIAMETER : 40mmCU SILVER PLATEDMY REF, BOX A, COMP 3Obverse :Diademed bust right, royal title around. Lettering: ÆLF REDRE x Translation: King AlfredReverse : LONDONIA monogram, cross of wedges above, cross of pellets below. Lettering: LONDONIACommentsAnglo-Saxon Middle Period (c.780-973), Kings of Wessex (786-924), Alfred the Great (871-899), London mint, unknown moneyer. Brother and successor to Aethelred, Alfred had to contend with invading Danish armies for much of his reign. In 878, he and Guthrum the Dane divided the country, with Alfred holding all England south and west of Watling Street. Alfred asserted over-lordship of Mercia and London from c.880. (courtesy of Spink SCBC 56th ed. 2021)
Price: 13.75 GBP
Location: Dudley
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Period: Anglo-Saxon (c.600 - 1066)
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Modified Item: No
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Features: Hammered
Replica: Replica Item
Metal: Silver-Plated