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English: A penny minted at en:York in the reign of en:Amlaíb Cuarán (Anlaf Sihtricson). Obverse shows a en:Raven, reverse a cross. Obverse legend read as "ANLAF CYNYNG". Reverse names the moneyer, Æthelfrith. Weight 19.8 grains, 0.8 fine.
Date (publication date of Grueber's book) or earlier
Source Grueber, Herbert Appold (1846-1927), Handbook of the coins of Great Britain and Ireland in the British Museum. London/Oxford: British Museum. Dept. of Coins and Medals & the Clarendon Press, 1899. Plate IV, image number 117. Available online at the Internet Archive https://archive.org/details/handbookofcoinso00brituoft
Author There is no person credited for images contained the the work. The introduction thanks the Clarendon Press for the production of these en:collotypes. The British Library Catalogue record for this work does not specify any photographer either, and the image is believed to be anonymous under UK law, and old enough to be in the public domain on that basis. Publication was in 1899, and accordingly the image is also public domain under US law.

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