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Penny - Ecgberht Group I, Canterbury mint
| Issuer | Wessex, Kingdom of |
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| Year | 802-839 |
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| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
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| Obverse description | Diademed and draped bust of King Ecgberht facing right, contained within a raised inner linear circle. The portrait is rendered in the characteristically schematic Anglo-Saxon style, with bold, deeply struck features. A Latin legend reading +AECGBEARHT REX encircles the central design in the outer field, separated from the bust by the inner border. The die work reflects the hammered coinage tradition of the early ninth-century Canterbury mint. |
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| Reverse lettering | +SVVEFHERD (Translation: Swefheard [moneyer].) |
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| Mintage | ND (802-839) |
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