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Some help with identifying Anglo Saxon hammered coins This should give you a bit of help identifying the ruler of an Anglo Saxon hammered coin. Edgar 959-975 Usually a left facing bust, look for the lettering that reads EADGAR REX Edward the Martyr 975-978 Usually a left facing bust, look for the lettering that reads EADPEARD REX Aethelred II 978-1016 Usually a left facing bust, look for the lettering that reads AEDELDRED Cnut 1016-1035 Usually a left facing bust, look for the lettering that reads CNVT Harold I 1035-1040 Usually a left facing bust, look for the lettering that reads HAREI, HAROLD; HARALD. Harthacnut 1035-1042 look for the lettering that reads HARDACNVT; HERDECNVT Edward the Confessor 1042-1066 look for the lettering that reads EADPARD; EDPARD; EDPD; EDPER Harold II 1066 look for the lettering that reads HAROLD | 
