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Penny - Eadwig One line type
| Issuer | King Eadwig |
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| Year | 955-959 |
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| Value | 1 Penny |
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| Obverse lettering | +EADVVIG REX (Translation: King Eadwig) |
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| Reverse lettering | HEREǷIG (Translation: Herewig) |
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Eadwig's reign lasted barely four years before his nobles — fed up with his estrangement from Archbishop Oda and his political miscalculations — effectively partitioned England in 957, handing Mercia and Northumbria to his younger brother Edgar while Eadwig retained only Wessex. Coins struck in his name continued to be produced across both zones of this divided kingdom, which means attributing specific pieces to either side of that partition is rarely straightforward.
The "One Line" type is defined by its simplified inscription layout, one of several design phases cycled through his short reign as moneyers worked under shifting administrative arrangements.