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Penny of Æthelred II, second hand type

Image attached to CM.5.62-1933

An image of Penny. Second Hand type. Æthelred II (AD 978–1016), ruler. Ásketill, Moneyer. London Mint. Object composed of silver measuring: 1.44 by 20.3 by 270°. Inscription: +Ä5ELRÄD REX ãNèLØ, obverse; +Oç6yTEL MO LVNDO, reverse. Production date: CE 978. Medieval, Anglo-Saxon.

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Penny. Second Hand type. Æthelred II (AD 978–1016), ruler. Ásketill, Moneyer. London Mint. Object composed of silver measuring: 1.44 by 20.3 by 270°. Inscription: +Ä5ELRÄD REX ãNèLØ, obverse; +Oç6yTEL MO LVNDO, reverse. Production date: CE 978. Medieval, Anglo-Saxon.

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  • Accession Number: CM.5.62-1933
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/16.0
  • Focal length: 50
  • Camera: Canon EOS 60D
  • Photographer name: Fitzwilliam Museum
  • Image height: 1016 pixels
  • Image width: 992 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop 21.2 (Macintosh)
  • Filesize: 480.43kB
  • Exposure time: 1/20
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 16/1
  • Captured: 2015:03:09 12:11:45

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London Mint Early Medieval coinage hands Æthelred II Second hand type reverse English Medieval money legal tender currency silver Fitz_CM 10th Century penny Anglo-Saxon coin fitzCM _WF_AdOK _WF_OPACtd _WF_KWD

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