Penny - Ecgberht Rochester mint

Features

Location Kingdom of Wessex (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
Moneyer Beagmund
King Ecgberht (802-839)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 802-839
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.34 g
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
312948
References Sp# 1038
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.

Obverse

Legend around cross potent with pellet in each angle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: ECGBEORHT REX

Translation: King Ecgberht.

Reverse

Legend around cross potent with pellet in each angle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: BEAGMVND MONETA

Translation: Beagmund, moneyer.

Mint

Rochester, United Kingdom

Comments

Anglo-Saxon Middle Period (c.780-973), Kings of Wessex (786-924), Ecgberht (802-839), Rochester, royal mint, non-portrait type.

King of Wessex only, 802-825, then also of Kent, Sussex, Surrey, Essex and East Anglia, 825-839, and of Mercia also, 829-830.

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ND (802-839) 

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