Silver Penny of King Edgar

Anglo-Saxon

Gloucester City Museum and Art Gallery

959 - 975

Silver Penny of King Edgar, from the Gloucester Mint. The Gloucester mint was first recorded under Alfred and not closed until after the death of Henry III. On one side, a profile bust of the king wearing a diadem with the legend EADGAR REX ANGLOR, and reads on the other WYNSIGE ON GLEAV, the moneyer.

• Medium: silver
• Art Fund Grant: £100 ( Total: £300)
• ArtFunded in: 1971
• Vendor: A H Baldwin & Sons

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