It was based on a temple-type coin minted for Athelstan I, another of Guthrum's Anglo-Saxon predecessors as king of East Anglia. "But Guthrum only used the design on his first coins and later ones ...

a region frequently raided by Vikings and later incorporated into the Norse-occupied Danelaw under Danish King Guthrum. Essex, with its flat, rural landscapes, is also noted as a prime region for ...