The Portable Antiquities Scheme
EARLY MEDIEVAL COIN
875
An early medieval silver penny of Alfred 'the Great' of Wessex (871-899), portrait type (N 629),Obverse description: Bust diademed and cuirassed right.Obverse inscription: AELFR EDREXReverse description: Long cross with central rhomboid containing central cross and three triangles.Reverse inscription: +B / VR / GNN / OD (NN ligated; probably moneyer Burgnoth)Diameter: 19.7mm, Weight: 1.05gms, die axis: probably 3
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