Raven Penny
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The nicknamed "Raven Penny", is a coin of the Viking Olaf Guthfrithson, minted during his reign as the king of York between 939 and 941.
Anlaf Guthfrithson was a member of the Norse-Gael Uí Ímair dynasty and King of Dublin from 934 to 941. He succeeded his father, Gofraid ua Ímair, who was also briefly king of York in 927 following the death of his kinsman Sitric Cáech, but was expelled in the same year by king Æthelstan of England.
During the short reign of Anlaf Guthfrithsson the Raven Penny was minted by Aethelferd between 939 and 941. The inscription on the Raven Penny mentions among other things “King Anlaf”.
