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Description The beast (most commonly described as a dog or lion) symbol found on the sceat coins of King Aldfrith of Northumbria (reigned 685–704x705)
Date coin dates from c. 700, image from 1848 or earlier.
Source An Introduction to the Study of Ancient and Modern Coins by John Yonge Akerman, p. 114, published 1848.
Author John Yonge Akerman (1806–1873)
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