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English: A penny minted at en:York in the reign of en:Amlaíb Cuarán (Anlaf Sihtricson). Obverse shows a trefoil ornament (triquetra), and the reverse a triangular pennon (raven banner). Obverse legend read as "ANLAF CVNVNC". Weight 17.3 grains, 0.8 fine.

original caption (Grueber p. 20):

Anlaf (Quaran), A.D. 940-944 and 948-952? Obv. +.ANL.A.F CVNVNC: Trefoil ornament of three bucklers? Rev. + FA.R.M.A.N.MONET.A. Triangular pennon, fringed, and bearing cross, AR.8.Wt.17.3
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 116. 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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Coin showing King Anlaf

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Amlaíb Cuarán

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14:12, 3 January 2009Thumbnail for version as of 14:12, 3 January 2009359 × 182 (67 KB)Angusmclellan{{Information |Description={{en|A penny minted at en:York in the reign of en:Amlaíb Cuarán (Anlaf Sihtricson). Obverse shows a en:triqueta, reverse the en:raven banner. Obverse legend read as "ANLAF CYNYNG". Weight 17.3 grains, 0.8 f

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