Silver penny of Alfred the Great

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Made with [smoothie-3d.com](smoothie-3d.com "smoothie-3d.com") "Anglo-Saxon, AD 871-99 Kingdom of Wessex, southern England The restoration of London Alfred the Great (AD 871-99) was king of Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the far south of England. Although London was not part of this region, one of his coin types has a monogram of the name LONDONIA. These coins have traditionally been linked with a reference in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to Alfred 'restoring' London in 886. This has been taken to mean that Alfred captured London from the Vikings that year, and celebrated his conquest with a new coinage..." - http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/alfred_the_great_silver_penny.aspx