Coin, Anglo-Saxon, excavated at Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Alfred, moneyer, Lulla, 875 to 885.

Coin, Anglo-Saxon, excavated at Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Alfred, moneyer, Lulla, 875 to 885.

Silver penny of Alfred

Anglo-Saxon, AD875-885

From an archaeological excavation on the Cathedral Green, Winchester, Hampshire

The obverse inscription reads, +AELFREDREXSA+ ('Alfred, King of the Saxons') with the reverse reading, LVLLA MONETA ('Lulla, moneyer).

Coin, Anglo-Saxon, excavated at Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Alfred, moneyer, Lulla, 875 to 885.