Penny - Edward the Elder Portrait type

Features

Location Kingdom of Wessex (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
Moneyer Dudig
King Edward the Elder (899-924)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 903-910
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.57 g
Diameter 21 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Variable alignment ↺
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
313957
References Sp# 1084,
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# 651
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

Legend around diademed bust left within solid inner circle.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + EADVVEARD REX

Translation: King Edward.

Reverse

Moneyer's name across two lines with trefoils above and below.

Script: Latin

Lettering:
DVDIG
MON

Translation: Dudig, moneyer.

Mint

Chester, England

Comments

Anglo-Saxon Middle Period (c.780-973), Kings of Wessex (786-924), Edward the Elder (899-924), Ordinary types.
Portrait type, Mercia North West mint (probably Chester); Dudig, moneyer; struck c.903-910.

Edward, the son of Alfred the Great, aided by his sister Aethelflaed 'Lady of the Mercians', annexed all England south of the Humnber and built many new fortified boroughs to protect the kingdom.

Imitations of the types of Edward were also struck in the Danelaw territories. They are usually of lighter weight and coarser execution than the official Wessex issues of Edward the Elder. (courtesy of Spink SCBC 56th ed. 2021)

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Date VG F VF XF AU UNC
ND (903-910) 

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