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Penny - Æthelheard 3rd issue
| Issuer | Archbishopric of Canterbury |
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| Year | 796-798 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Reverse lettering | EA | DG | ·A· | ·R· | (Translation: Eadgar.) |
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| Mintage | ND (796-798) |
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Æthelheard's tenure as Archbishop of Canterbury was anything but stable. He fled his see in 796 following a Mercian-backed revolt that drove him from Kent entirely, returning only after Offa of Mercia's death and the subsequent political realignment under Coenwulf. This third issue falls within that turbulent window — struck either just before the flight or during the fragile restoration period, making its precise dating a matter of ongoing scholarly debate rather than settled chronology.