A museum in Exeter has said a rare Anglo-Saxon coin – one of only three known to exist and made in the city more than 1,100 years ago – is “finally coming home”.
The inscription on the silver penny is believed to be the earliest known use of the name Exeter.
According to the Royal Albert Memorial Museum (RAMM), which bought the penny for an undisclosed sum, it was made in Exeter in about 895-899 on the orders of King Alfred the Great.
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Only three examples of the coin are known to exist, with the other two in the British museum.
The discovery of this coin was made near Preston, in the Cuerdale Viking Silver Hoard in 1840.
