1 Penny of Alfred the Elder from London | Yale University Art Gallery

871–99

Medium: Silver
Dimensions: 1.48 g, 6:00, 18 mm
Credit Line: Transfer from the Yale University Library, Numismatic Collection, 2001, Gift of Reverend William H. Owen, B.A. 1897
Accession Number: 2001.87.21702
Geography: Made in London
Culture: Anglo-Saxon
Period: 9th century A.D.
Classification: Numismatics
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Numismatics

Numismatics Reference Number

North 646, SCBC (2003) 1062

Obverse Description: AELFR ED REX, x is much smaller than the other letters, AE ligature, Bust r.

Reverse Description: TILEVINE / MONETA, Decorated O with pellets, in two lines around London Monogram

Provenance

Reverend William H. Owen, to 1938; Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn., 1938–2001; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.

Object copyright

Additional information

cents, coins, money

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