Coin, Anglo-Saxon, excavated at Winchester, Hampshire, issued by Edward the Elder, moneyer, Leofhelm, 899 to 925.

Silver halfpenny of Edward the Elder

Anglo-Saxon, AD899-925

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

The coinages of the reigns following Alfred clearly mark the the growth of Wessex. His son, Edward the Elder, commemorates the building of the 'burghs' on his coins - the towns given strengthened defences to keep the Danes in check, of which Winchester was one. The obverse of this coin reads +EADWEARDREX ('King Edward') and the reverse gives the name of the moneyer, Leofhelm.