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Silver coin of Athelstan, York, England, 923-939. D: 2.35cm, W: 1.63g.   - Athelstan (reigned AD 923/4 -939) was the son of Edward 'the Elder' and the grandson of Alfred the Great. Between the two kingdoms of Mercia and Wessex, he was effectively ruler of the whole of England south of the River Humber. In 927 he drove the Viking king Guthfrith out of York and seized the kingdom of Northumbria, thus bringing the whole of England under his control. Various rulers of neighbouring kingdoms in Wales and Scotland are said to have submitted to his authority, and it was probably around this time that Athelstan began to use the title Rex Totius Britanniae ('King of All Britain'). This appears on the coin in the form REX TO BRIT. 
Location British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier ART307905 
Type Image 
Purpose Public 
Size 3600px × 1772px 
Photo Credit © The Trustees of the British Museum / Art Resource, NY 
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10th century CE
Anglo-Saxon Art
Coin
Silver