The Helmet Coinage of

Æthelred II

1003-1009
BMC viii
Hildebrand E
Seaby # 1152
North # 775

Image	Description	Notes
	Penny ALFǷ•OLD MΩO BAÐ 1.40gm/18.82mm	Bath; SCBI 24-West Country: 570(die match)
	Penny ELFRIC: MO LEGCE 1.28gm/18.90mm Found in the Baltic region before 2019	Chester; moneyer not listed in North for this mint, there is an ÆLFRIC known at Leicester, the first letter of the moneyer on this coin is definitely E.
	Penny BLACEMAN M'O DORB BMC viii, Hild. E 1.31gm/19.53mm EX: Coins.ee OY Auction 68(3 May 2025), lot 82	Derby; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 0121(probable die match)
	Penny CENSIGE: MΩO DOF: 1.43gm/19.17mm EX: Numex OÜ(2025)	Dover; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 993(reverse die match)
	Penny ÆLFMÆR MΩO EAXE 1.11gm/18.90mm	Exeter; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 993(die match), scarce moneyer
	Penny DVDEL M-O EA•XE Helmet 1.11gm/18.46mm	Exeter; Very rare moneyer. At this time known only for Exeter and only for the Helmet issue of Aethelred II. There are eight listed in the EMC and one in the British Museum. All appear to be from the same reverse die.
	Penny ÆÐELZTAN M-O HV• 1.43gm/18.84mm EX: CNG Electronic Auction 471(1 July 2020), lot 594; CNG Electronic Auction 464(20 March 2020), lot 294; Richard A. Jourdan Collection of Medieval European Coins, CNG 105(10 May 2017). lot 1198; Kunker 274(16 March 2016), lot 3123; Classical Numismatic Review 41 No. 2, Summer 2016, 431199	Huntington; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 442(same dies); SCBI 50-Hermitage Part 1; 1007(similar); See Eaglen, Huntingdon 94 (dies D/c). Unusual variety with "runes" in the field before the bust. See Eaglen BNJ 69(1999), page 106, coin 94.
	Penny LOFǷINE MΩO LÆE• 1.44gm/20.00mm EX: From tthe Londinium Collection sold at CNG Electroinc Auction 436(23 January 2019), lot 1022; purchased from York Coins	Lewes; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 464(die match); SCBI 50-Hermitage: 1019(die match)
	Penny O•S•GVT• MΩO LINC 1.44gm/19.79mm	Lincoln; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 223, coin 171 for a similar coin.
	Penny GOD•A M•O LVNDEN 1.41gm/19.66mm EX Kunker eLive Auction 42, Session 2(19 October 2016), lot 477	London; SCBI 51-Estonia: 334(die match); SCBI 65- Norwegian I: 966(die match); SCBI 68 - Lyon Collection: 824(die match)
	Penny LEOFǷINE MO LVND Helmet BMC viii, Hild. E 1.20gm/18.76mm S 1152 N 0775 Found August 2022 in Harjumaa, Estonia	London; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 1058(die match)
	Penny SǷETINC MΩO LVND 1.52gm/19.40mm	London; SCBI 7- Copenhagen II: 943, 944(reverse die match); SCBI 9-Ashmolean I: 597(die match); SCBI 25-Helsinki: 412(die match); SCBI 50-Hermatige I: 1064(die match); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 981 & 982(die match)
	Penny ǷVLFSTAN MO LVN 1.00gm/19.00mm EX: Mike Vosper; W. Howarth Collection	London
	Penny ÆLF•RIC M•-•O NOR• 1.03gm/18.56mm	Norwich; SCBI 20-Mack: 995(die match); SCBI 26-East Anglian: 1192 &1193(die match)
	Penny ÆÐELSIGE MO HEAM 1.19gm/20.00mm From the Maj. Gen. Adrian Lyons, CBE Collection; EX: Baldwins Auction 44(2 May 2016), lot 862	Southampton: SCBI 36-Berlin: 496(die match); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 1007(die match)
	Penny GODÆG MO STAN 1.22gm/20.12mm EX: DNW Auction 189(10 March 2021), lot 572	Stamford
	Penny GODǷINE MO STAN 0.87gm/19.00mm	Stamford; No other examples of this mint/ moneyer/type recorded in the Sylloge, Hildebrand, EMC or BMC with the exception of EMC 1995.0168 which is a die match to this coin.
	Penny OSBER•N MΩO ÐEOD 1.37gm/ 19.30mm EX: CNG Electronic Auction 245(1 December 2010), Lot 487	Thetford: SCBI 50-St Petersburg I:1096(die match)
	Penny OSMÆR MΩO ǷERIC 1.09gm/18.49mm EX: Late John Hulett(Part XVII) sold at DNW 173(08 April 2020); lot 5; Spink Numismatic Circular June 2005 #HS2074	Warwick; Scarce type for the mint, only four found in the SCBI, all from another moneyer and none in the EMC; see N. J. Ebsworth, BNJ 34(1965), "The Anglo-Saxon and Norman mint of Warwick, " die match to coin 5 in the listing of Helmet pennies of this mint and moneyer
	Penny BYR•VNSTN MO ǷINT 1.38gm/19.17mm From the Maj. Gen. Adrian Lyons, CBE Collection(ticket), Ex; St. James Auction 4(8 May 2006), lot 57; Duke of Argyll, sold to Spink 1949; John Dudman of Winchmore Hill, Sotheby's(15 December 1913), lot 239	Winchester; SCBI 51-Estonia: 357(die match)
	Penny OVÐGR•IM M-O EO 1.37gm/20.39mm EX: WCN Electronic Auction 200109(9 January 2020), lot 140583	York; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 294(die match)

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The Helmet Coinage of

Æthelred II

1003-1009 BMC viii Hildebrand E Seaby # 1152 North # 775

1003-1009
BMC viii
Hildebrand E
Seaby # 1152
North # 775