known notable east king included ruler title end date reign known thought shared kingdom ruler called possibly man named experts agree dates nature suggested ruled free domination little known life reign written form survived period east history primary sources consist bare references accession rule written late recently impossible verify sufficient number coins found historical figure allowed scholars economic linguistic links existed parts england northern europe reign aspects identity rule background contrast kingdoms little reliable evidence kingdom east angles survived historian maintained destruction kingdom monasteries disappearance east sees caused viking raids later settlement died ruling thirty years rule kingdom enjoyed sustained growth stability albeit senior authority king ruled kingdom murdered men dynasty ruled 6th century pedigree collection lists descendants includes earlier kings identity joint rule identification king based written sources source statement twelfth century death divided kingdom east angles believed compiled durham generally accepted written end 10th century source passage 12th century thought written stated king source list states post reign king reigned flowers history written chronicler 13th century relates king died divided historians suggested divided names division kingdom existed according created means error kingdom ruled jointly generally accepted later ruled death different kings historian identified person according ascended throne issuing coins indicate broke free domination time linking reign eventual occurred death element recognition historical figure leaves element word detached form interpreted representing familiar 8th 9th century england instance elements 9th century east bishops named bishop worcester called occurred england contain term personal element suffolk possible historical figure run alternative theory latin mentioned derived old english source translator opening word year usual opening old english typical form letter easily proposed emerged short time ruler driven person alternative theory suggests dynasty ambitions rule known member dynasty commencing rulers including letter proposed alternative hypothesis based evidence east coins post conquest documents acknowledging person suggested death installed rule northern probably belonged dynasty rule south according murdered king increased meet military requirements reign months deposed forced flee attempted establish independent kingdom rule succeeded short time deposed arrived exile soon asserted authority removed kings produced coins onwards initially gold gold silver eventually pure silver little known organisation reign presumed struck coins period acted auspices king extent supervised design coins growing shortage available north western europe half 8th century probably main cause deterioration proportion precious metal found locally produced king respond crisis issuing consistent weight high proportion silver eventually replaced currency kings followed example including king short appears strongly influenced newly introduced coins examples coins known separate number individual finds coins known coins came light decade coins discovered north east close border counties norfolk suffolk coins excavated fourteen found hill suffolk thirty places known acquired east kings named ruler title coins larger earlier small compared produced decades later provide important corpus reflect distinctive east preference lettering names known coins struck considered earliest coins struck authority contained silver similar type detail suggests possibility producing chronology coins established sequence coins reign began years king coins related closely construct reliable chronology produced later coins far numerous dies change time distribution analysis suggests mint possibly located northern suffolk southern norfolk possible village little southeast derived dies king title usually mixture latin script aspects coins occasionally ill drawn omitted altogether king generally arranged central motif cross circle layout probably derived coins reverse dies consisted cross letters placed sectors divided lines shown use dies particular consistent order calculations suggest dies remain coins struck known different highly unlikely produced mint time assumed struck coins possibly coins demonstrate influence occurred earlier date previously supposed little use determining secure chronology reign depicted nearly reverse dies crosses placed elements red dies crosses king similar design include extra unique similar possibly meant ruler type coin named depicts motif reverse specimen type lost found time important trading centre coins resemble issued area period rule coincided king subsequent dynasty followers coins found implies trading language links regions 8th century
Beonna of East Anglia