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Penny - Eadgar Rosette type
| Issuer | England |
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| Year | 959-973 |
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| Shape | Round (irregular) |
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| Obverse description | The obverse displays a central small pattée cross within a raised inner circle, surrounded by an outer border formed by a raised beaded or pelleted ring. The royal legend, reading + EΛDGΛR RE (King Eadgar), is arranged around the periphery between the inner circle and the outer border, with the letters separated by small cross or rosette ornaments in the characteristic Anglo-Saxon hammered style. The design is highly stylized and non-portrait in type, presenting an entirely epigraphic and geometric composition typical of late Anglo-Saxon reform coinage. The irregular flan reflects the hand-cut nature of hammered silver production. |
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| Obverse lettering | + EΛDGΛR RE (Translation: King Eadgar) |
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Eadgar's reign saw the most significant monetary reform in Anglo-Saxon England: the Edgar Reform of 973, which standardized coin types across all mints and introduced periodic recoinage enforced by law. The Rosette type predates that reform, circulating under the looser arrangements of his earlier reign before the new system rendered it obsolete and called it in. Most surviving examples show considerable wear precisely because the reform demonetized older types abruptly, leaving little incentive to preserve them.