Code: 12895
Anglo-Saxon Silver Penny of the last King of Wessex Edward the Elder (son of Alfred the Great). This coin is of the two-line type minted by Landuc.
Obverse: Small cross pattée within inner circle, royal title around. +EADVVEARD REX, (King Edward)
Reverse: in two lines LAND / VC.MO, (Landuc Moneyer) three crosses pattées between, trefoils above and below, inside inner circle.
This coin was issued in England at a time of intense Viking raids and local warfare, as England formed from several Kingdoms. Edward, the son of Alfred, aided by his sister Æthelflæd, 'Lady of the Mercians', annexed all England south of the Humber and built many fortified boroughs to protect the kingdom.
DENOMINATION: Penny
CULTURE: Saxon England
DATE: 899 - 924 AD
MATERIAL: Silver
SIZE: 22mm diameter
WEIGHT: 1.60 grams
ATTRIBUTION: S.1087, Vatican hoard 294 (Edward) and BMC 115 and SCBI Copenhagen 713
PROVENANCE: Formerly in a private collection in Nottingham, United Kingdom
