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Anglo-Saxon silver penny with porcupine/face

Image attached to CM.1744-2007

An image of Coinage. Penny. Production Place: England. Radiate Bust/Porcupine-face. Type 10 Series D/E. Silver, struck, weight 1.13 g, width 11.83 mm, height 11.58 mm, 700-750. Anglo-Saxon. Early Medieval European.

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Coinage. Penny. Production Place: England. Radiate Bust/Porcupine-face. Type 10 Series D/E. Silver, struck, weight 1.13 g, width 11.83 mm, height 11.58 mm, 700-750. Anglo-Saxon. Early Medieval European.

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  • Accession Number: CM.1744-2007
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/27.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
  • Photographer name: Amy Jugg
  • Image height: 1030 pixels
  • Image width: 717 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 371.33kB
  • Exposure time: 1/60
  • ISO Speed: 100
  • Fnumber: 27/1

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8th Century AD Anglo-Saxon animal animals coin coinage currency Early Medieval English faces Fitz_CM legal tender Medieval money obverse penny porcupine Silver struck

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