Anglo-Saxon penny of Æthelred II, reverse

An image of Coinage. Penny. Intermediate small cross type. Æthelred II (978-1016), ruler. Anglo-Saxon. Medieval. 978 A.D.

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Coinage. Penny. Intermediate small cross type. Æthelred II (978-1016), ruler. Anglo-Saxon. Medieval. 978 A.D.

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Accession Number: CM.1920-2003
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: Canon EOS 60D
Photographer name: Coins and Medals Department; Fitzwilliam Museum
Image height: 961 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop CS6 (Windows)
Filesize: 50.51kB
Exposure time: 1/20
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2015:03:09 13:09:48

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10th Century _WF_AdOK _WF_KWD _WF_OPACtd Aethelred Aethelred Unraed Anglo-Saxon coin coinage cross currency Early Medieval English Ethelred II Ethelred the Unready Fitz_CM legal tender Medieval money penny reverse short cross silver struck

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