Azzawrighty Posted July 26, 2016 Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Hello, Im trying to find out abit of information about this coin that I have had for years. Unfortunately i dont know anything about it but was hoping someone on here could shed some light for me Cheers Aaron Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azzawrighty Posted July 26, 2016 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2016 Oops pictures incoming! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
constanius Posted July 27, 2016 Report Share Posted July 27, 2016 Unfortunately it is a pewter replica of a coin minted at Coppergate in Viking Age York. 23.5mm. http://www.jorvikshop.com/product_info.php?pid=88 "The legend, obverse; +EÐELSTAN REX TO BRI; Small cross pattée in border. reverse; SCIPE / TR IMO; legend divided by sword right, inverted triangle below, is abbreviated Latin, for Sancti Petrus Moneta, St Peter's Money. A Viking era silver penny from the Jorvik Viking Centre in York, England. Apparently the original was struck in the name of the Anglo-Saxon king Æthelstan (924-39), grandson of Alfred the Great. It is a mule. Obverse is from a penny of the Saxon king, Æthelstan, while the reverse is a "St Peters Penny" with the Sword of Peter, Thor's Hammer, and the legend "SCI PETRI MO" struck circa 919-925 AD by the Viking colonists in York. Rogers # 1345" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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