Immaculate silver pennies minted in Rochester in the reign of Aethelred II 1000 years ago.
Immaculate silver pennies minted in Rochester in the reign of Aethelred II 1000 years ago.
These coins are silver pennies of Aethelred II (978-1016); first hand type, BMC IIA; obv: bust facing right, ‘EDELRED REX ANGLO’; rev: hand of providence, name of moneyer (Sideman) & mint (Rochester), ‘SIDEMAN MON ROFE’.
Witness to the sophistication (and wealth) of Anglo-Saxon governance in Kent.
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