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Early-Medieval coin : Penny of Alfred, 'Edward the Elder' type
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Salisbury and South Wiltshire Museum, Katie Hinds, 2008-06-25 10:35:30
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Early-Medieval coin : Penny of Alfred, 'Edward the Elder' type
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English: 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.

Moneyer: Wulfred

Mint: Probably London

Date: very late 9th century

Ref: North probably 639; Spink 1066
Depicted place (County of findspot) Wiltshire
Date MODERN
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FindID: 223819
Old ref: WILT-113693
Filename: Hall0608edwardelderwulfred.jpg
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The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a voluntary programme run by the United Kingdom government to record the increasing numbers of small finds of archaeological interest found by members of the public. The scheme started in 1997 and now covers most of England and Wales. Finds are published at https://finds.org.uk
Source https://finds.org.uk/database/ajax/download/id/179904
Catalog: https://finds.org.uk/database/images/image/id/179904/recordtype/artefacts archive copy at the Wayback Machine
Artefact: https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/223819
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