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English: A coin from the reign of Edgar the Peaceful, king of England.


Obverse Legend: + EADGAR REX ANGLOꝜ , abbreviated form of Eadgar Rex Anglorum , Anglicized Medieval Latin for "Edgar King of the English".

Reverse Legend: + ÆLFNOÐ M‾O ǷENCES , abbreviated form of either Ælfnoð Monetarius Ƿenċestre or Ælfnoð Moneta Ƿenċestre , Anglicized Medieval Latin for either "Aelfnoth Moneyer at Winchester" or "This Coin [Made by] Aelfnoth at Winchester".


Date Coin: 959–975
Photograph: 2009
Source Photographed by uploader at the British Museum
Author PHGCOM

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Coin of Edgar the Peaceful

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