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AN262578001. Gold coin - Lifinc and Edward the Confessor, style Expanding Cross. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN175604001. Metal coin - Diormod (moneyer) and Ecgberht. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN175666001. Metal coin - Sievrt (Viking ruler), style DNS. DS. Rex. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00175554_001_l. Metal coin - Torthelm (moneyer) and Athelstan I, style non-portrait. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00176285_001_l. Metal coin - Diarwald (moneyer) and Alfred the Great, style two-line. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00176278_001_l. Metal coin - Alfred the Great. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00176311_001_l. Metal coin - Æthelræd II, style Long cross. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00176292_001_l. Metal coin - Cnut, Viking leader in the Danelaw. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

AN00176380_001_l. Metal coin - Brihtmær (moneyer) and King Cnut. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

A mint striking silver pence for the king had been established at Exeter in Alfred’s reign but its early issues are very rare. Output expanded enormously under Aethelred II (‘the Unready’), when mints throughout the country were used to provide…