![]() ![]() The production of gold coins started c70BC with the 'Westerham Stater' being the first distinctive British Stater.įrom Julius Caesars expeditions to Britain in 55/54BC to the Claudian invasion in 43AD, southern Britain was increasingly influenced by the Romans. The first British coins to be produced were the cast bronze "Thurrock Potins" c100BC. The (A) being derived from the Macedonian gold staters of Philip II (359-336B.C.)Ĭoins were brought to Britain by trade, as pay for returning mercenaries, by raiders and settlers from the Continent, and gifts between tribal leaders. The earliest coins to circulate in Britain c150BC were made in Gaul and are known as Gallo-Belgic A-F. They were struck by hand in gold, silver and bronze and used for approximately 150 years. A unique coin according to the database.Celtic coinage is the most intriguing and varied of all the British coins as no one knows specifically for whom, when or where they were produced. Toned, minor soil scratch across the mouth. This is the very rare Huntingdon mint – so rare that there is only a singleĮxample of B.M.C.1 recorded on the EMC / SCBI database and that coin is thisĬoin – reference EMC 2021.0006 (found Great Paxton August 2020).1.24g, lightly WSax-7538: Harold Godwinson II Very Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Photograph so several attempts included, including one with a cheap camera VF and toned with weak areas 6 o’clock obverse / 3 o’clock reverse (corresponding) due to an Ex Elmore JonesĬollection so excellent provenance. 1.45 grams so a very healthy weight for issue. There is only one for Erncetel (Arnketill), making Of the x33 York mint Harold Godwinesson pennies recorded on the EMC / SCBI database, WSax-7286: Harold II Godwinesson Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. WSax-5502 : Edward The Confessor Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Types) recorded on the EMC database, only x4 are Sovereign Eagles type and noneĪre Aelpine Sovereign Eagles. Of the x54 Northampton mint Edward Confessor coins (all IX, Sovereign Eagles type, c.1056-9, Spink 1181. ![]() This was clearly not a good blank that they Silver and the reverse stress mark is surface only. The obverse mark by the king’s face is a difference in height of the Not a great image from my “better” camera Voided short cross, B.M.C.XVI - ++ BRIhTMER Ex Cnut hoard of 1993, ex Sharp collection, ex Baldwins, ex Spink, ex Lord Stewartby collection. ![]() XVI - Short cross type (1029-35/6), “+BLACAMAN O SNO”. This coin spectacularly toned with attractive Interestingly, the Danes landed in Hythe in AD 893. Lympne was a village three miles west of Hythe in Kent. One of the rarer of the Saxon mint – I’ve WSax-7304: Aethelred II Late Saxon **Rare Mint** Hammered Silverī.M.C. II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny – Rarer Mint. II coins (all types) recorded on the EMC database, only x38 are Crux and only ![]() +AELFPINE M-O PELIG – Rarer Wallingford mint. II coins (all types) recorded on the EMC database, only 圆 are Crux and only oneĬrux penny is Leofstan. +LEOFSTAN MO HAM – Rarer Northampton mint. It’s actually not apparent when holding theĪethelred II (978-1016): Read about Aethelred II Indeed, if you look at the SCBI examples,ĭie error on the obverse which is not any kind of crack on the actual coin. Meaning this is the very best grade example on their database, bar none. Once slabbedĭatabase has this coin as AU53 grade (about uncirculated) Which if you look on the database, is the rarer of the two moneyers Facing bust of Ceolnoth complete with tonsure. Saxon Hammered Silver Portrait Penny – Top Pop!!!!! Archbishops of Canterbury, group 1, Spink 893. Porous with a large die flaw on the obverse, chipped edge. Light coinage, c.757-96, London mint, moneyer Ciolhard,Įncompasses many different reverses, this one being termed a Serpent reverse – Slightly porous with a die flaw on the reverse. Light coinage, c.757-96, London mint, moneyer Aethelweald,Įncompasses many different reverses, this one being termed a Flower reverse – King Offa (757 – 796): Read about King Offa ![]()
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