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Silver Anglo-Viking penny of Sihtric II

Image attached to CM.863-2002

An image of Coinage. Penny. Sihtric II (920/1–7), ruler. Obverse; SÊTR / IC DI+. Reverse; +IEDREICIRI. Production Place: East Midlands, possibly.  Silver, struck, weight 1.15 g, diameter 20.0 mm, die axis, object, 270°, circa 920. Medieval. Anglo-Viking. Thurcaston hoard.

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Coinage. Penny. Sihtric II (920/1–7), ruler. Obverse; SÊTR / IC DI+. Reverse; +IEDREICIRI. Production Place: East Midlands, possibly. Silver, struck, weight 1.15 g, diameter 20.0 mm, die axis, object, 270°, circa 920. Medieval. Anglo-Viking. Thurcaston hoard.

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  • Accession Number: CM.863-2002
  • Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
  • Aperture: f/22.0
  • Focal length: 120
  • Camera: GFX 50S
  • Photographer name: Michael Jones
  • Image height: 1024 pixels
  • Image width: 978 pixels
  • Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.4 (Windows)
  • Filesize: 794.74kB
  • Exposure time: 1/100
  • ISO Speed: 200
  • Fnumber: 22/1
  • Captured: 2017:10:26 02:59:48

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10th Century AD Anglo-Viking coin coinage currency Early Medieval English Fitz_CM legal tender Medieval money obverse penny Sihtric II Silver struck swords Torksey Viking

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