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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Nap, post: 6403152, member: 73099&quot;]Two coins of Edward the Elder, king of Wessex 899-924.</p><p>Edward gets the sobriquet &quot;the Elder&quot; to distinguish him from the other later Anglo-Saxon kings with the same name.&nbsp; He was about 50 when he died, a mature age for the era but certainly not elderly.&nbsp; He has largely been in the shadow of his family, his famous father Alfred the Great, his son Athelstan the Glorious, and his sister Aethelflaed, a popular dramaticized character in literary works and television shows.&nbsp; Edward probably deserves some better recognition though historical sources of his reign are fairly few.&nbsp; He continued his father&#039;s success in uniting England and driving off the Vikings.</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253585[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Penny of Edward &quot;the Elder&quot;, king of Wessex, 899-924</p><p>Moneyer: Beahred</p><p>Mint: London?</p><p>S. 1084</p><p>O: +EADVVEARD REX</p><p>R: BEAH RED Mo</p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1253586[/ATTACH] </p><p><br /></p><p>Penny of Edward &quot;the Elder&quot;, king of Wessex, 899-924</p><p>(possibly imitative but of good style and weight)</p><p>Moneyer: Dudig?</p><p>Mint: Unknown</p><p>Mercia-South East dies</p><p>S. 1087</p><p>O: +EɅDVVEɅREX</p><p>R: DVD +++ oI Mo[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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