History Coins
Later Anglo-Saxon & Norman Coins
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Norman, Henry I Silver Penny, Pellets in Quatrefoil Type, ?Herdig at Bristol,
1123-1125
Obverse: Facing bust, crowned and diademed, holding a sceptre, [H]E[NRI]CV[S REX]
Reverse: Quatrefoil with star in centre and pellets on limbs, four lis in quarters, legend around, :+h[E]RD[I ON BRISTO] (or similar)
20mm, 1.2g
Grade: Fine +, good portrait for type, but crease with associated slight crack and mint notch. Weak legends, so moneyer and mint is uncertain.
Ref: S1275, N870, BMC14
Prov: Ex Morten & Eden, previously Dr E Burstal Collection
£500 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask)
Edward the Elder, Large Silver Fragment (equivalent to half in weight) Two Line Type Penny, Ealhstan, 899-924
Obverse: Small central cross pattee in solid inner circle, legend around [+EADVVE]A[R]D R[EX]
Reverse: Moneyers name in two lines = EALH[S] TAN M[O] divided by three small crossses, three pellets above and below
Here, the coin has been placed on a, to scale, similar example of this very rare coin. About 60% of the coin is present when compared to average weights for this coin.
Edward was the son of Alfred (the Great) and became king of Wessex aided by his sister, Aethelflaed (Lady of the Mercians).
Here, the reverse is on the example for comparison. The coin will be supplied in a film suspension holder for display (it can be removed if you wish).
Grade: Large fragment with cracks, stable, good legible legends to reverse
S1087, N649
17.5mm, 0.82g
£320 (P&P FREE to UK other locations please ask)
Aethelred II, Silver Last Small Cross Type Penny, Eadwold, Canterbury, 1009-17
Obverse: Diademed bust, left, +AEDELRED REX ANGLO
Reverse: Central small cross pattee, EADPOLD ON CANTRA (Edwold at Canterbury)
1.4g, 19mm
Ref: North 777, S 1154
Grade: AVF, slight double strike to reverse, appears to have been stabbed with a sharp object leaving an indentation - a sword perhaps?
£360 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask) #433
Edward the Confessor Silver Penny, Hammer Cross Type, Duninc, Hastings, 1059-1062
Obverse: Crowned, beared bust right with sceptre in front, EA[DWA]R RD REX
Reverse: Voided short cross with each limb terminated in an incurved segment of a circle with pellets to ends, +DVNINI[C ON] HAEST:
19.5mm, 1.1g
Grade: VF, a good portrait and a fine coin despite a crack repair and missing section. Old ticket.
£185 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask) #470
Norman, Stephen, Cut Half Silver Penny, Awbridge Type, 1135-1154AD
Obverse: Crowned head of king, three-quarter facing, legend around, STIEFNE or similar FN visible, sceptre probably in right hand
Reverse: Voided short cross within beaded quatrefoil, in each quarter a fleur, legend around
Grade: VF
16mm
Ref: N881, S 1282
£260 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask)
Harold I Harefoot, Silver Cut Halfpenny, Long Cross & Fleur-de-Lis Type, Huntingdon, Wulfwine, 1038-1040
Obverse: Armoured and diademed bust left, in front a shield and sceptre, [HAR]OLD RE[CX]
Reverse: Voided long cross, limbs united at their bases by a circle enclosing a pellet; in each angle a fleur-de-lis between two pellets, PV [LPINE ON] HVT
0.47g, 18mm
Grade: VF, rare
Ref: S1165, N803, SCBI Copenhagen 178
A fantastic piece of history from a time of tenuous joint rule with the Viking Harthacnut.
£350 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations ask)
Cnut, Silver Penny, Short Cross Type, Winchester Mint, Godwine Ceoca,
AD 1030-35
Obverse: +CNVT RECX , diademed bust left with sceptre in front
Reverse: Voided short cross with annulet in the centre, legend around, GODPINE CA ON PIN
0.73g, 16.5mm
Grade: Fine + but chipped and cracked with asscoiated perforations (sable). Comes with old ticket.
Ref: Spink 1159, N795
Prov: Ex Morten & Eden, previously Dr E Burstal Collection
£200 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask) #469
Cnut, Silver Penny, Quatrefoil Type, Norwich Mint, Leofric, AD 1017-23
Obverse: CNVT REXX ANGLO, crowned bust left
Reverse: Voided cross over quatrefoil, legend around, +LEOFRIC M NOR.
1.1g, 18.6mm
Grade: Full round flan in EF, lightly toned, beautiful!
Ref: Spink 1157
£550 (P&P FREE to UK, other locations please ask) #129
Anglo-Saxon, Kings of Mercia, Offa (757-796), Heavy Coinage Penny, Osmod, Canterbury
Obverse: OFFA REX mE around a barred C
Reverse: OS M O D in angles of Celtic cross over large annulet, saltire in annulet
An excellent chance to own one of history's iconic characters, of Offa's Dyke* fame.
Grade: VF, name clearly legible, toned, small perforation along two cracks, stable
Ref: Chick 237, S908, North 289
1.28g, 19mm
Prov: Ex CNG, previously from the Londinium Collection
£1,100 SOLD
Offa's Dyke - It has not been archeologically proven when the large earth boundary was erected, but chroniclers of the time attribute the dyke to Offa and they have no reason to think otherwise. It was built along the English/Welsh border to prevent invasion and its remnants have been measured at being 64 miles long from one coast to the other.
Cnut, Silver Penny, Quatrefoil Type, Thetford Mint, Tidred, AD 1016-35
Obverse: CNVT REX ANGLORVM, crowned bust left
An unusual varient with the die maker starting the legend at 6 o'clock
Reverse: Voided cross over quatrefoil, legend around, +TIDRED MO DEOD. Large pellet in one quarter, third D with thorn
Dated approx 1017-23. 0.83g, 18.5mm
Grade: Full round flan in mint state, beautiful!
Prov: Ex Lockdales, previously Baldwin's, 2016, and before that London Coins, 2003. Lockdales notes that only 12 Tidred coins known for Thetford, a die match for those of the Cambridge hoard found in 1993.
Ref: Spink 1157
£590 SOLD
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