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title: Silver Penny of Alfred the Great
author: The Trustees of the British Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8456/silver-penny-of-alfred-the-great/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Silver Penny of Alfred the Great
_Authored by The Trustees of the British Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/8456.jpg)
## Image Caption
[Silver](https://www.worldhistory.org/Silver/) penny of [Alfred the Great](https://www.worldhistory.org/Alfred_the_Great/) (r. 871-899 CE), minted in Wessex. British Museum, London
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, T. T. o. t. B. (2018, March 23). Silver Penny of Alfred the Great. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Silver Penny of Alfred the Great." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 23, 2018. .
### MLA
Museum, The Trustees of the British. "Silver Penny of Alfred the Great." *World History Encyclopedia*, 23 Mar 2018, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=1092039&partId=1&searchText=wessex&images=true&page=1) by **The Trustees of the British Museum**. Submitted by [Ibolya Horváth](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/horvath.ibolya/ "User Page: Ibolya Horváth"), published on 23 March 2018. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.