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Silver penny of Edward the Elder

Image attached to CM.615-1998

An image of Coinage. Penny. Edward the Elder (899-924), ruler. Beornweald, moneyer. Obverse; +EADVVE…D REX. Reverse; BEORNæ / OLD M. Production Place: Southeast Mercia. Silver, struck, weight 1.35 g, diameter 23.5 mm, 899. Medieval. Anglo-Viking.

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Coinage. Penny. Edward the Elder (899-924), ruler. Beornweald, moneyer. Obverse; +EADVVE…D REX. Reverse; BEORNæ / OLD M. Production Place: Southeast Mercia. Silver, struck, weight 1.35 g, diameter 23.5 mm, 899. Medieval. Anglo-Viking.

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  • Accession Number: CM.615-1998
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: GFX 50S
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 768 pixels
  • Image width: 1024 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 484.10kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2017:10:27 02:20:41

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9th Century AD Anglo-Viking Beornweald coin coinage cross currency Early Medieval Edward the elder English Fitz_CM legal tender Medieval Mercian money obverse penny short cross Silver struck

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