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Penny - Siefred

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Issuer Viking Kingdom of York (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia)
King Siefred (895-900)
Type Standard circulation coins
Years 895-900
Value 1 Penny (1⁄240)
Currency Pound
Composition Silver
Weight 1.31 g
Diameter 19.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
352828
References Sp# 984
Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes).
, North# 502
Jeffrey James North. English Hammered Coinage. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes).

Obverse

Central small cross pattée, pellets flanking ends, legend around.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + SIEFREDVS

Translation: Siefred, ...

Reverse

Letters at ends of large cross-crosslet, quatrefoils of pellets in angles.

Script: Latin

Lettering: + R E X

Translation: ... King.

Comments

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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