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Styca - Aethelred II 1st reign
| Issuer | Kingdom of Northumbria |
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| Year | 841-844 |
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| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
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| Obverse description | Central small cross pattée set within a beaded inner circle, with the royal legend disposed around the periphery in crude, angular Anglo-Saxon letterforms. The flan is irregularly shaped and of uneven thickness, characteristic of Northumbrian styca production. The overall design is stark and functional, with minimal artistic elaboration beyond the central cross motif. |
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| Obverse lettering | + EDILRED REX (Translation: King Aethelred.) |
| Reverse description | A hound depicted in profile running to the right with its head turned back to the left, rendered in a lively, schematic style typical of Northumbrian animal coinage. The moneyer's name is divided across the field, appearing both above and below the hound. A beaded border surrounds the design, and the lettering is executed in the same rough, angular script as the obverse. |
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