Archaeology — Middle Saxon; c. 880
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Silver halfpenny. In about 880 King Alfred issued special silver coins, probably to commemorate his recapturing the London area from the Danes. One side bears the king's head, the other a monogram of the letters LVNDONIA, medieval Latin for London.
coin, halfpenny
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