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Penny: CM.LS.5510-R

Object information

Current Location: In storage

Maker(s)

Ruler: Alfred the Great (AD 871-99)
Moneyer: Ethered
Mint: Wessex

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Notes

History note: Bequeathed to Corpus by the Revd. Samuel Savage Lewis, 1891.

Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Loan (1991) by Corpus Christi College

Dating

871 -

Components of the work

Object composed of silver Diameter 18.7 mm Weight 1.32 g

Inscription or legends present

  • Text: +0ELBRED / REX
  • Location: Obverse
  • Type: Design

Identification numbers

Accession number: CM.LS.5510-R
Primary reference Number: 216792
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Audit data

Created: Monday 21 July 2014 Updated: Friday 9 August 2019 Last processed: Wednesday 13 December 2023

Associated departments & institutions

Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Coins and Medals

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