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Remarkable numismatic insight into the Viking wars under Æthelred II (978-1016): a penny minted at the defended retreat of Cissbury (Siðmestburh, 'the last fortress'). The obverse die was later taken away and used in Scandinavia by the Vikings.
Serene and composed even while being swallowed by a dragon: St Margaret, as painted c. 1390 in Florence
Charlemagne: looking suitably magisterial on this silver coin from Berlin