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14 Saxon Silver Pennies Found Near Maldon Reveal England’s Viking-Age Anxiety
The small Essex hoard dates to a troubled reign marked by Viking pressure, Danegold payments and political instability in Anglo-Saxon England Ethelred the Unready is once again at the center of England’s Viking-age story after a hoard of 14 Saxon silver pennies was discovered near Maldon in Essex. The coins, struck for King Ethelred II…