Kingdom of Wessex

Kindom of Wessex

Wikipedia entry for the Kingdom of Wessex

Æthelwulf

King of Wessex c.839-c.856

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	838-c.843? Penny M[ANNA MO]NET Phase 1, Non Portrait 0.51gm/11.00mm S 1044 N 0596 Found near Ampney Crucis, near Cirencester, Gloucestershire before December 2011	Canterbury; SCBI 24-West Country: 376(die match); SCBI 30-American: 282; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 15, coin 28 for a probable die match.
	c.848-c.851 Penny [VVE]LHEARDMO Phase III BMC i 1.04gm/18.90mm S 1049 N 0614 Found in Suffolk before 2007	Minted at Rochester, scarce moneyer
	c.852-c.858 Penny [E]ÐELNOÐ MONETA Phase IV BMC xvii 0.79gm/20.80mm S 1051 N 0618 EX: Patrick Finn; Single coin find at what latter turned out to be a Viking grave in East Anglia, July 1982	SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam:528; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 18, coin 68 for a probable die match.

Alfred The Great

King of Wessex 23 April 871 – 26 October 89

Wikipedia entry for Alfred the Great

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880-899
Penny
VVLFRED
Third Coinage
Two Line
BMC xiv, xv, xvii
1.02gm/19.20mm
S 1066
N 0639
Found in Cambridgeshire before January 2010

Edward The Elder

King of Wessex 899-924

Wikipedia entry for Edward the Elder

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899-924
Penny
DEOR[V]VALD MO
Two Line Type
BMC ii
1.68gm/21.66mm
S 1087
N 0649

Scarce moneyer, only six of this moneyer/type combination in the SCBI/EMC database; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 90, coin 31 for a similar coin.

899-924
Penny
RÆGENVLF M-O
Two Line type
BMC ii, Early II
1.56gm/22.00mm
S 1087
N 0649
Winchester dies

SCBI 6-Edinburgh: 99, scarce moneyer; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 92, coin 52 for a probable die match.

Æthelstan

King of all England 924/5-939

Wikipedia entry for Æthelstan

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924/5-939
Penny
REGNAL[D] MO EFORþIC
Circumscription Cross
BMC v CC
1.45gm/23.10mm
S 1093
N 0672
EX: Hammered British Coins(2018); Revd. Charles Campbell, DNW Auction 164(13 September 2017), lot 72

Obverse die matches to SCBI 6-Edinburgh: 159; SCBI 9-Ashmolean: 331

Eadmund

King of Wessex 939-946

Wikipedia entry for Edward the Eadmund

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939-946
Penny
BERHTRED MO
Two-Line (H): HT 1
1.06gm/21.20mm
S 1105
N 0688
Found near Kings Lynn, Norfolk before 2008

The coin has two EMC numbers, EMC 2007.0168 & 2007.0261. Scarce moneyer for the reign.

939-946
Penny
FVGEL MONEN
Two-Line (H): HT 1
1.34gm/21.00mm
S 1105
N 0688
EX: Lance Chaplin(2015)

SCBI 34-BM: 390-391, very scarce moneyer

Eadred

King of all England 946-955

Wikipedia entry for Eadred

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946-955
Penny
BERNVC MO
Two-line Horizontal; HR 2
1.33gm/22.00mm
S 1113
N 0708

So far unrecorded reverse inscription. See also BMC(Keary & Grueber) Eadred #17 which is similar and thus this coin could be from the moneyer Bernard or Burnard.

946-955
Penny
CLA[C ]MONETA[ MON]ET
Bust Crowned Without Mint
0.90gm/19.90mm
S 1115
N 0713
Found Manningtree, near Essex before 2008

SCBI 34-BM:697; EMC 2007.0166(this coin); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 155, coin 110 for a probable die match. Scarce moneyer.

Eadgar

King of Mercia 957-959

King of all England 959-975

Wikipedia entry for Eadgar.

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	959-972 Penny EANVLF MO Two-Line(H): HT 1 0.93gm/19.72mm S 1129 N 0741	SCBI 6-Edinburgh:391-7; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire: 1693-1694; SCBI 34-BM: 905-906; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 178, coin 85 for a probable die match.
	959-973 Penny HERIGER MO Two-Line (H): HT 1 BMC i; Brooke 1 1.27gm/20.30mm S 1129 N 0741 EX: Dr. Busso Peus Nachf. Auction 400(22 April 2010), lot 1135	Possibly a York moneyer; SCBI 6-Edinburgh:439; SCBI 6-Edinburgh:440; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 180, coin 103 for a probable die match.
	959-973 Penny INGOLF MV Two-Line (H): HT 1 BMC i; Brooke 1 1.25gm/20.50mm S 1129 N 0741 North Eastern Moneyer EX: Davissons(1985)	SCBI 6-Edinburgh:458; SCBI 34-British Museum:941; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 181, coins 110 and 111 for a probable die match.
	959-975 Penny EOROÐ M Horizontal-Rosette 2(HR2) BMC i 1.29gm/21.00mm S 1131 N 0745 EX: CNG Electronic Auction 411(13 December 2017), lot 703; Baldwin's 101(28 September 2016) lot 3024	SCBI 34-British Museum:1197 (same dies); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 186, coin 155 for a probable die match.
	959-973 Penny SAYDTINC MONV Bust Crowned BMC V, BC 1.16gm/21.50mm S 1138 N 0750 East Anglia style portrait	SCBI 34-BM:1182; Very rare Saxon Moneyer, only one coin in the Sylloge or EMC of this moneyer. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 190, coin 210 for a probable die match.
	973-975 Penny EADWEARD ON [?] Reform Small Cross BMC vi 1.21gm/19.39mm S 1141 N 0752 EX Spink Auction 18006(26 September 2018), lot 1893(part of); Found near Horsington, Lincolnshire 2017,	EMC 2017.0071(this coin), this moneyer previously unknown at any mint for Eadgar's reform type

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