Penny - Siefred Two line type

Features

Issuer Viking Kingdom of York (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
King Siefred (895-900)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 895-900
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.31 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
310856
References Sp# 976,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 489
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Lettering across two lines, pattern of four pellets above and below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
CSIEFR
EDIIZRE

Translation: King Siefred.

Reverse

Central small cross within inner circle, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: +IDRAICE CIVI

Translation: City of York.

Mint

York, England

Comments

Anglo-Saxon Middle Period (c.780-973), Anglo-Viking Coinages (885-954), Coinages of the Viking Kingdom of York (c.895-920)

Siefred (Sigeferth) is recorded as being a pirate in Northumbria around 893 and seems to have assumed control after Guthfrith’s death in 895.

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (895-900) 

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