Silver penny of Æthelstan, Anglo-Saxon

An image of Coinage. Penny, crowned bust type. Æthelstan (c.924/5-39), ruler. Otic, moneyer. Winchester mint. Obverse; +Ä5ELçTAN REX TO BR. Reverse; +OTI6 MONETA VVIÇI. Silver, struck, weight 1.57 g, diameter 21.7 mm, die axis 270° degrees, AD 924. Medieval. Anglo-Saxon.

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Coinage. Penny, crowned bust type. Æthelstan (c.924/5-39), ruler. Otic, moneyer. Winchester mint. Obverse; +Ä5ELçTAN REX TO BR. Reverse; +OTI6 MONETA VVIÇI. Silver, struck, weight 1.57 g, diameter 21.7 mm, die axis 270° degrees, AD 924. Medieval. Anglo-Saxon.

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Accession Number: CM.1.53-1930
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Aperture: f/16.0
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Camera: Hasselblad H4D-31
Photographer name: Amy Jugg
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Image width: 724 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
Filesize: 550.19kB
Exposure time: 1/125
ISO Speed: 100
Fnumber: 16/1

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10th Century AD Anglo-Saxon busts coin coinage crown crowned currency Early Medieval English Fitz_CM heads kings legal tender Medieval Monarch monarchs monarchy money numismatics obverse pennies penny profile royal royalty rulers Silver struck Æthelstan

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