Silver penny of Alfred the Great

Made with [smoothie-3d.com](smoothie-3d.com "smoothie-3d.com") "Anglo-Saxon, AD 871-99 Kingdom of Wessex, southern England The restoration of London Alfred the Great (AD 871-99) was king of Wessex, an Anglo-Saxon kingdom in the far south of England. Although London was not part of this region, one of his coin types has a monogram of the name LONDONIA. These coins have traditionally been linked with a reference in The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle to Alfred 'restoring' London in 886. This has been taken to mean that Alfred captured London from the Vikings that year, and celebrated his conquest with a new coinage..." - http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/alfred_the_great_silver_penny.aspx  Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab本素材由smoothie-3d.com（smoothie-3d.com）制作。 盎格鲁-撒克逊时期，公元871年—99年 英格兰南部韦塞克斯王国 伦敦的重建 阿尔弗雷德大帝（公元871年—99年）是英格兰最南部的盎格鲁-撒克逊王国韦塞克斯的国王。尽管伦敦并不属于该王国疆域，但其发行的一类钱币上带有"LONDONIA"名称的花押字。传统上，这类钱币与《盎格鲁-撒克逊编年史》中阿尔弗雷德于886年"重建"伦敦的记载相关联。学界普遍认为，这意味着阿尔弗雷德于当年从维京人手中夺回伦敦，并通过发行新铸币纪念此次征服。——来源：http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/highlights/highlight_objects/cm/s/alfred_the_great_silver_penny.aspx  数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab