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Penny - Eadwig Three line type

Issuer Anglo-Saxon Kingdom
Year 955-959
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Composition Silver
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Reverse script Latin
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Edge Plain
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Eadwig's reign lasted just four years before his nobles effectively partitioned England, with Mercia and Northumbria transferring allegiance to his younger brother Edgar in 957. The three-line type belongs to this compressed window — a coinage issued by a king who controlled less of his kingdom with each passing year. His moneyers continued striking, but the political ground was already shifting beneath them.

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