The Hammer Cross Coinage of

Edward the Confessor

 

1059-1062
BMC xi
Hildebrand G
Seaby # 1182
North # 828

 

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Cut 1/2 Penny
  • ǷVL[ǷI ON BED]EFOR
  • Sovereign/Hammer Cross Mule
  • BMC ix, Hild. H(obv)/BMC xi, Hild. G(rev)
  • 0.66gm/19.60mm
  • S 1181(obv)/1182(rev)
  • N 0827(obv)/0828(rev)
  • EX: DNW Auction 12 December 2016, lot 2168; Found near Houghton Conquest, Bedfordshire in 1997

 

 

Bedford; EMC 1997.0158(this coin); One other in the EMC/Sylloge data base from this mint but a different moneyer,Sylloge 30-American Collections: 0622; There are a total of 13 mules of these two types listed in the data base. F. Elmore-Jones exhibited a mule penny of this type at a British Numismatic Society meeting in November 1946 (BNJ 25, p.100)

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIO(F)ÐEGEN ON BEDEF
  • 1.29gm/19.90mm

 

 

Bedford; rare moneyer and rare type for moneyer

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIOFǷINE ON CENNT
  • 1.03gm/19.55mm
  • EX: CNG Electronic Auction 541(28 June 2023), lot 819; purchased by consignor from A. H. Baldwin November 1975

 

 

Canterbury; SCBI 2-Glasgow:1120(die match). Scarce mint/moneyer/type combination. Unusual reverse die with the first letter of the mint name a rounded version of the letter C that closely resembles a G.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODǷINE ON CICEST
  • 1.30gm/19.30mm
  • EX: Stacks Auctions, June 1966

 

 

Chichester; SCBI 42-Southeastern: 1444 (possible die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 349, coin 127 for a possible die match.

 

  • Penny
  • FROMA ON DOR
  • 1.21gm/19.63mm
  • From the Terence Maudlin Collection sold at DNW 159(5 June 2019), lot 304; bt. Jon Mann November 2013; Lord Grantley Collection III, Glendining Auction(22-3 March 1944), lot 1212
Derby; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 353, coin 166 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • DVNINC ON HÆSTI
  • 1.33gm/18.90mm

 

 

Hastings; SCBI 1- Fitzwilliam 917 and 918; SCBI 17-Midland 443 and 444; SCBI 20-Mack 1248; SCBI 42-South Eastern Museums 1468-1470; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 378, coin 515 for a possible die match. Extra pellet on upper left reverse field.

 

 

  • Penny
  • EADRIC: O[N] HEREFO
  • 1.12gm/19.20mm

 

 

Hereford; no examples of this moneyer/mint/type combination in the EMC/Sylloge or BMC

 

 

  • Penny
  • ASL•A•C ON LIN[COLN]
  • 0.81gm/16.31mm
  • Found near Catterick, North Yorkshire, February 2014

 

 

Lincoln: EMC 2018.0293(this coin) SCBI 27-Lincolnshire: 739 and 740(reverse die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • Æ[L]FǷINE ON LV[ND]E:
  • EX: From the Baldwin's Vault Sale Part 1 sold in St. James Auction 71(12 April 2023), lot 4, part

 

 

London; SCBI-9-Ashmolean: 955(reverse die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 414, coin 1031 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSI ON: NORǷǷIC
  • 1.23gm/19.72mm
  • EX: Noonans Auction 327(10 June 2025), lot 14; Baldwins; Duke of Argyll Collection(ticket), Baldwin's. Lord Grantley(not part of the collection auctioned on 22 March 1944), L. A. Lawrence

 

 

Norwich; SCBI-9-Ashmolean: 960(die match); SCBI 20-Mack:1257(die match); SCBI 26-East Anglia:1327(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 420, coin 1106 for a possible die match;

Lawrence had two collections. The first of which he sold in a Sotheby sale on 24 March 1903. Lawrence kept a catalogue of this earlier collection. The current owner of the catalogue has confirmed that this coin is listed. Prior to the sale, Lord Grantley was allowed to make selections for his own collection.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODǷINE ON SCRO:
  • 1.30gm/20.18mm
  • EX Stack's Ancient and Foreign Auction(7-8 December 1994), lot 3203

 

 

Shrewsbury; SCBI 17 - Midland: 454; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 427, coin 1182 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • CVLLINC ON STAFFO
  • 1.20gm/19.50mm
  • EX: St. James Auction 7(8 February 2008), lot 20

 

 

Stafford; SCBI 2-Glasgow:1130(possible die match); SCBI 20-Mack:1262(possible die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • DIORMAN ON STÆNIG
  • 1.11gm/19.00mm
  • EX: , Joseph R. Lasser Collection sold at CNG Triton XVIII(7 January 2015), lot 1727; Davissons(19 October 2009)

 

 

Steyning; SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam 928 and 929; SCBI-9-Ashmolean, 982 and 983; SCBI 11-Reading, 166; SCBI 20-Mack, 1263; SCBI 29-Merseyside, 798; SCBI 30-American, 636-8; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 430, coin 1213 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • [GO]LDǷINE[ON ǷINCELE]
  • 0.31gm/12.13mm
  • Found between 1992 and 1994 near Winchcombe

 

 

Winchcombe; EMC 2012.0090(this coin); Dr. Allen at the Fitzwiilliam Coin Depratment atributes this to the Winchcombe mint. ; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 453, coin 1520 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • SCVLAE ON EOFRǷI
  • 1.34gm/18.90mm

 

 

York; SCBI 21 Yorkshire-456 and 457; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 367, coin 366 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • SNEBORN ON EOF
  • 1.30gm/19.00mm

 

 

York; SCBI 21-Yorkshire:458 and 459; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 367, coin 367 for a possible die match.

 

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