Anglo Saxon Mints B

 

Barnstable

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 985-991
  • Penny
  • BYRNSIGE M-O BARD
  • Second Han d Type
  • BMC iid, Hild. B2
  • 1.14gm/20.20mm
  • S 1146
  • N 768
  • EX: Mark Rasmussen

 

 

See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 208, coin 3 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • HVNIA M O BARD
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild. D
  • 1.31gm/19.31mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774
  • EX Mark Rasmussen; Sotheby(12 March 1975), lot 355; Dr B Bird sold at Glendining(20 November 1974), lot 137; F. Elmore-Jones sold at Glendining(12/13 May 1971), lot 69; Duke of Argyll Collection(sold to Spink 1949)

 

 

SCBI 7-Copenhagen:11(die match); SCBI 51-Estonian Collections:135(die match)
 

Bath

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • ǷYNSTAN MΩO BAÐ
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild. D
  • 1.63gm/20.00mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774
  • EX: Davisson's; H.J. Marr Collection(dispersed by Spink in 1965)

 

 

SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 28(die match); SCBI 24-West Country: 509(die match)

 

 

  • 1003-1009
  • Penny
  • ALFǷ•OLD MΩO BAÐ
  • Helmet
  • BMC viii, Hild. E
  • 1.40gm/
  • S 1152
  • N 0775

 

 

SCBI 24-West Country: 570(die match)
  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • ALFǷALD O:N BAÐ
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC viii, x; Hild. E
  • 1.28gm/19.44mm
  • S 1157
  • N 0781
  • EX DNW 251(8 March 2021), lot 102
Bath; SCBI 36 Berlin-595(possible die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 256, coin 7 for similar coin.

 

Bedford

Image Description Notes
  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • ÆLFSTAN M-O BYDA
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.36gm/20.42mm
  • S 1148
  • N 0770
  • EX: Alfa Numismatics Auction 8(3 October 2021), lot 24
None of this mint/moneyer/type combinatin in the EMC, Sylloge or BMC.

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC xiii, x; Hild. E
  • LEOFǷINE  BED
  • 0.90gm/18.98mm
  • S 1157
  • N 0781
  • Found near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UKDFD 28930, recorded 29 December 2010

 

 

SCBI 51-Estonian Collections: 512(die match); EMC 2018.0277(this coin)

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1042-1043
  • Penny
  • VLFCYTEL• O BE
  • PACX
  • BMC iv, Hild. D
  • 1.06gm/17.00mm
  • S 1171
  • N 0813

 

 

SCBI 54-Stockholm V: 0015-0016(same dies)

 

 

  • Edward The Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • ÆGELMA•N ON BE
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 1.16gm/15.19mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818
  • EX: Baldwin's Auction 13(28 May 1997), lot 1528

 

 

Bedford; Probably the only known example of this mint/moneyer/type combination. Six known from this mint for this type.
  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • VL•CHTEL ON B
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 0.81gm/14.00mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818
  • EX: Antykwariat Numizmatyczny(Michal Niemczyk) Auction 29(28 June 2021) lot 4240
Bedford; SCBI 42-Southeastern Mints:1166. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 341, coin 19 for a possible die match. Scarce type and moneyer for the mint

 

 

  • 1056-1059
  • Penny
  • SPOT[A O]N BEDFORDI
  • Sovereign
  • BMC ix, Hild. H
  • 1.10gm/18.70mm
  • S 1181
  • N 0827
  • EX Locdales Auction 89(21 November 2011), lot 1027

 

 


Bedford; SCBI-42 South Eastern Museums: 1345-1348

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1056-1059
  • Penny
  • SǷOTA ON BEDEFORI
  • Sovereign
  • BMC ix, Hild. H
  • 1.27gm/18.82mm
  • S 1181
  • N 0827
  • EX: Glendennings April 1988; Spink NC October 1992; Nicholas T. Bagshawe sold in the Spink NC December 1971(probably number 11483); Duke of Argyll(sold to Spink 1949). At some point after the Bagshawe sale it was sold by Tim Owen as his ticket was included.

 

 

Bedford; SCBI-42 South Eastern Museums: 1345-1348

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1059-1062
  • Cut 1/2 Penny
  • ǷVL[ǷI ON BED]EFOR
  • Sovereign/Hammer Cross Mule
  • BMC ix, Hild. H/BMC xi, Hild. G
  • 0.66gm/19.60mm
  • S 1181/1182
  • N 0827/0828
  • EX: DNW Auction 12 December 2016, lot 2168

 

 

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)

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1059-1062
  • Penny
  • LIO(F)ÐEGEN ON BEDEF
  • Hammer Cross
  • BMC xi, Hild. G
  • 1.29gm/19.90mm
  • S 1182
  • N 0828

 

 

Rare moneryer and rare type for moneyer
 

Bridport

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 985-991
  • Penny
  • EADNOÐ M-O BRYD
  • Second Hand Type
  • BMC iid, Hild. B2
  • 1.19gm/19.89mm
  • S 1146
  • N 0768
  • EX: Alfa Numismatics Auction 1(13 December 2020), lot 12

 

 

SCBI 07-Ulster Museum: 34(possible die match)

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • EADNOÐ M-O BRYD
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.49gm/19.84mm
  • S 1148
  • N 0770
  • EX: Baldwin's Spring 2012 Agentum(11 February 2012), lot 46

 

 

Bridport; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 33(de match)

 

Bristol

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • ǷYNSIGE ON BR•IC:
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC xiii, x; Hild. E
  • 0.92gm/18.95mm
  • S 1157
  • N 0785
  • EX: Antykwariat Numizmatyczny(Michal Niemczyk) Auction 30(25 September 2021) lot 103

 

 

SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 100-104(similar but no die matches). This coin is a rare varient with a diademed bust and is North 785

 

 

  • Harold I
  • 1038-1040
  • Penny
  • ǷVULFǷINE ON BRIC
  • Fleur de Lis
  • BMC v, vi; Hild. B
  • 1.08gm/18.10mm
  • S 1165
  • N 0803
  • EX: Baldwin's

 

 

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  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1062-1065
  • Penny
  • GODǷINE ON BRVCE
  • Facing Bust
  • BMC xiii, Hild. Ac
  • 1.06gm/17.79mm
  • S 1183
  • S 0830
  • EX Baldwin's Fall 2011 Argentum Auction(19 November 2011), lot 193, part of; Raymond Carylon-Britton Collection(collection dispersed through Seaby between 1938 and 1961); Philip W. P. Carlyon-Britton(ticket)

 

 

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Bruton

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • ÆLFFELM ON BRIV
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC viii, x, Hild. E
  • 0.95gm/18.40mm
  • S 1157
  • N 0781
  • Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 55(23 November 2013), lot 30

 

 

Bruton; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 112; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 257, coin 22 for a probable die match.

 

Buckingham

Image Description Notes
  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • TVNVLF M- B[VCIN]
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.44gm/21.53mm
  • S 1148
  • N 0770
  • EX: CNG Electronic Auction 492(26 May 2021), lot 1024, Reportedly a find from the Balkan.
Buckingham; None in the Sylloge or EMC. See BNJ 34(1965) pages 46-52 for a review of the coins of this mintt by Dolly, Elliott and Elmore Jones where they listed only three other coins of this type. This is possibly the only one of this type form this mint in private hands. Probable die match coin four listed in the article.

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • L[•EOF]RF•IC ON BVCC•I
  • Pointed Helmet
  • BMC xiv, Hild. G
  • 0.75gm/19.67mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787
  • EX: John Hulett Collection part XX sold at DNW 185(1 December 2020), lot 3; Sotheby's English and Foreign Coins(12 November 1981), lot 44

 

 

Buckingham; SCBI Copenhagen-13: 122. See BNJ 34(1965) pages 46-52 for a review of the coins of this mint. At the time the review was written there were 36 known coins from this mint. There were only two listed of this type, this coin was not listed and must be a latter find. All three are from the same moneyer and appear to be from the same dies.

 

Bury St. Edmunds

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • 1051-1053
  • Penny
  • MORCEREE ON EDHVN
  • Expanding Cross, Heavy
  • BMC Vb
  • Bust A
  • 1.45gm/20.73mm
  • S 1177
  • N 0823
  • EX: Mark Rasmussen; DNW Auction 134(7 & 8-12-15), lot 821(unsold); DNW 12(21-3-1995), lot289(sold for £120); H.A.Parsons Collection Part 1, Sothebys(28 Oct-1 Nov 1929),lot 197; P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton Collection Part 1, Sothebys(7-21 Nov 1913), lot599(part)

 

 

Bury St.Edmunds; SCBI 18-Copenhagen: 801(smilar); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 356, coin 203 for a probable die match. Eaglen 2, dies Aa, 5, this coin; Eaglen states there are less than thrity coins of this mint from the reign to survive. Freeman 5.

 

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