When they say Hammered coin

Cheech9712 · Jul 20, 2023

Publius2 said: ↑

Here is a crudely hammered silver penney of Aethelred II (978-1016). The four marks on the reverse are called "peckmarks" and were made to test the silver.

The even cruder coin is a little sceatta, a common little silver coin. Believe it or not, that "porcupine" on the obverse is supposed to be a king's portrait. That's how debased the artwork on some of these can get.

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