Anglo-Saxon silver penny with porcupine/face

An image of Coinage. Penny. Production Place: England. Radiate Bust/Porcupine-face. Type 10 Series D/E. Silver, struck, weight 1.13 g, width 11.83 mm, height 11.58 mm, 700-750. Anglo-Saxon. Early Medieval European.

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Coinage. Penny. Production Place: England. Radiate Bust/Porcupine-face. Type 10 Series D/E. Silver, struck, weight 1.13 g, width 11.83 mm, height 11.58 mm, 700-750. Anglo-Saxon. Early Medieval European.

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Accession Number: CM.1744-2007
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
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Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 27/1

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8th Century AD Anglo-Saxon animal animals coin coinage currency Early Medieval English faces Fitz_CM legal tender Medieval money obverse penny porcupine Silver struck

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