`Saxon Coins
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Early Anglo-Saxon Silver Sceats
Kings of Northumbria Saxon Coins
Middle Saxon
"Hammered Silver" Issues
King Offa (757 – 796): Read about King Offa
Eadmund (936-946):
Late Saxon "Hammered Silver" Issues
Aethelred II (978-1016): Read about Aethelred II
WSax-6425: Aethelred
II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny – Rarer Mint. B.M.C. IIIa. Late Saxon, 991 - 997AD. Crux type. Totnes mint town.
Moneyer AELFSTAN. Spink 1148. Ex
Bonham’s auction 2006. Rarer mint. £475
WSax-6831: Aethelred
II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny – Very Rare Mint. B.M.C. IIIa. Late Saxon, 991 - 997AD. Crux type. Dorchester mint town.
Moneyer PVLFNOD. Spink 1148. Ex Elmore-Jones collection
(1971), DNW auction (2014). Dorchester rate at £1,500 in Spink 2020. The coin has a
slight edge crack (3 o’clock obverse).
The marks on the obverse and reverse that look like cracks are do NOT go
through to the other sides. They are
either die cracks or minor surface stress marks. The coin rings good and true when lightly
dropped. A very rare
coin with excellent provenance.
£895
WSax-7040: Aethelred
II Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny.
Long Cross – BMC iva
(AD 997 – 1003). +PYNSIGE MO EAXE –
rarer Exeter mint, moneyer Wynsige. Crudely pierced top and
bottom for use as a pendant in antiquity. SCBI 50 (Hermitage), 680
(same dies), North 774, Spink 1151.
Ex Allan Williams’ collection, ex Morton & Eden,
ex Spink. £195 RESERVED (J.K.29-3-21
Lay-Away)
WSax-7304:
Aethelred II Late Saxon **Rare Mint** Hammered Silver Penny. CRVX type – B.M.C. IIIc, circa 991-997. +LEOFRIC MO LIMN – Lympne
mint. Old tickets here. Spink 1148. One of the rarer of the Saxon mint – I’ve
never had another through my hands. Lympne was a village three miles west of Hythe in Kent.
Interestingly, the Danes landed in Hythe in AD 893. This coin spectacularly toned with attractive
iridescence. Some surface stress fractures. Ex Trennery
collection. Very
rare. £1,550 RESERVED (T.C. 9-2-22 on LayAway)
WSax-7372: Aethelred
II Hammered Silver Late Saxon *Rarer Mint* Penny. CRVX type, B.M.C. IIIa, AD 991-997 only. Spink 1148. +PVLFNOD MO DOR – rare Dorchester mint. Clear legends, good portrait – a problem free
coin from one of the rarer of the UK mint towns and for once, a
mint that is rarer under the Saxons than the Normans. £1,745 RESERVED (M.H.2-5-22 Lay-Away)
Cnut (1016-1035): Read
about Cnut.
WSax-6088: Cnut
Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. B.M.C. XVI - Short cross type (1029-35/6), “+AEGELRIC O SCEFT”. Spink 1159. Shaftsbury mint. No examples of Shaftsbury Cnut
pennies in the Mack (1975) collection and only a single example (+ ÆLRIC ON
SCEFTE) on the EMC database. A very rare mint coin.
£895 RESERVED
(I.M. 9-11-21 on LayAway)
WSax-6334: Cnut
Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. B.M.C. XVI - Short cross type (1029-35/6), “+BLACAMAN O SNO”. Spink 1159. Nottingham mint. An extremely rare mint
coin. Ex Cnut hoard of 1993, ex Sharp collection, ex Baldwins, ex Spink, ex Lord Stewartby collection. Sold
with three tickets (two
shown here). A
very rare coin. £1,995
WSax-6965: Cnut
Hammered Silver Late Saxon Penny. Voided short cross, B.M.C.XVI - ++BRIhTMER
ON.LV, London
mint, Brihtmer as moneyer. Circa 1029-35-6. Spink 1159. Not a great image from my “better” camera
so I’ve included images here
using a cheap camera phone. £325
Harold I
(1035-1040): Read about Harold I
Harthacnut (1040-1042)
WSax-7341:
Harthacnut Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Sole reign of June 1040 – June 1042, “Arm
& Sceptre” type, B.M.C. II. +SCVLA
MON EOEFRCI – York mint. Spink
1169. This moneyer not recorded
in North for Arm & Sceptre types (2006 Third Edition). Double struck on the reverse otherwise a
lovely problem-free example with a superb obverse. £1,995 RESERVED (R.S.15-5-22 Lay-Away)
Edward the
Confessor (1042-1066): Read about Edward
The Confessor.
WSax-5502: Edward The Confessor Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Late Saxon – pyramids type (1065-66). B.M.C. XV.
Stafford - GODSPINE. Extra image added here. Very rare mint town. £1,095
WSax-6969: Edward The Confessor
Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Late Saxon – small flan type (1048-50). B.M.C. II.
Sandwich mint - LIFPINE. Very rare mint town. The
obverse mark by the king’s face is a difference in height of the silver and the
reverse stress mark is surface only.
This was clearly not a good blank that they used. £635
WSax-7028: Edward the Confessor Late
Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Hammer
Cross type, B.M.C.xi, 1059-62. +LIFING.ON-EXECEST. Exeter
mint. Spink 1182. Freeman 108, SCBI 2 (Hunterian). An unusual horizontal S in the mint signature. Only one other example recorded for type,
mint & moneyer (EMC & SCBI database) and this the best by a country
mile. Beautifully toned, high grade,
problem-free and a rare mint and moneyer.
Choice.
£1,495 RESERVED (J.K.1-3-21 Lay-Away)
Harold II (1066
only): Read about Harold II ("Last
of the Saxons")
WSax-7286:
Harold II Godwinesson Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. PAX issue, B.M.C. 1, 5th
January 1066
– 14th October 1066 only. +ERNCETEL ON EOF – York mint. Of the x33 York mint Harold Godwinesson pennies recorded on the EMC / SCBI database,
there is only one for Erncetel (Arnketill),
making only two recorded examples extant.
A very rare moneyer. 1.45 grams so a very
healthy weight for issue. Ex Elmore Jones collection so excellent provenance. VF and toned with weak areas 6 o’clock obverse / 3 o’clock reverse (corresponding) due to an
angled strike. A hard coin for me to
photograph so several attempts included, including one with a cheap camera
phone. A rare coin. £5,895 RESERVED (J.K.16-4-22 Lay-Away)