Anglo Saxon Moneyers W(Ƿ)

 

 

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Æethelred II
  • 979-985
  • Penny
  • ǷALTFERÐ M-O GIP
  • First Hand Type
  • BMC iia, Hild. B1
  • 1.65gm/20.00mm
  • S 1144
  • N 0766
  • EX: CNG 63(21 May 2003), lot 1939, CNG 29(30 March 1994, lot 1595; Seaby Coin and Medal Bulletin, January 1965, H2602

 

 

Ipswich; SCBI 09-Ashmolean:438(reverse die match) See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 217, coin 99 for a probable die match.
  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1062-1065
  • Penny
  • ǷICINC ON ǷIH[?]
  • Facing Bust
  • BMC xiii, Hild. Ac
  • 1.02gm/16.16mm
  • S 1183
  • N 0830 EX Lord Stewartby 1, Spink 16019(22 March 2019), lot 308(bt May 1978)
Worcester; possible die match to EMC 1988.0190

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • ǷILGRIP ON LINCO
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 0.96gm/14.51mm

 

 

Lincoln. Rare mint/moneyer/type combination.

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • ǷINEMAN ON ÐEOD
  • Pointed Helmet
  • BMC xiv; Hild. G
  • 1.03gm/19.40mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787

 

 

Thetford; SCBI 15-Copenhagen: 3866(die match); SCBI 45-Latvian:132(die match)

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • ǷINRED ON CANT
  • Pointed Helmet
  • BMC xiv; Hild. G
  • 0.93gm/18.40mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787
  • EX: W. J. Conte Collection sold by CNG Auction 60(22 May 2002), lot 2219

 

 

Canterbury; SCBI 13 Copenhagen-194(die match)

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • ǷIÐRINE M-O EOF:
  • Pointed Helmet
  • BMC xiv; Hild. G
  • 0.95gm/18.50mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787
  • Found near Thetford, Norfolk, March/April 2009

 

 

York; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 902-903; Moneyer apparently only of York and beginning with the reign of Cnut and ending with Harold I.
  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFELM M-O GIFEL
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.44gm/20.86mm
  • S 1152
  • N 0775
  • Found before December 2016 on the banks of the River Volga near Kazan, Russia
Ilchester; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 213, coins 49 & 50 for a possible die matches.

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFGAT MO LIN
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC xiii, x; Hild. E
  • 0.97gm/18.60mm
  • S 1157
  • N 0781
  • EX: Lloyd Bennett

 

 

Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire:396(die match); Moneyer primarily of Lincoln and Shrewsbury.

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFGIT M•O LIHER
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild. D
  • 1.64gm/20.29mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774

 

 

Leicester; this moneyer scarce for Leicester, known mostly at Lincoln.

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFMÆR M'O GEOÐA
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild. D
  • 1.32gm/19.23mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774
  • EX: Keith Chapman, Williams Collection Part II, Spink Auction 18012(3 July 2018), lot 164(bt Baldwins August 1994); Spink Numismatic Circular, March 1990, no. 954; Doubleday Collection, Glendining(6 October 1987), lot 142; Duke of Argyll Collection(sold to Spink 1949); Drabble Collection, Sotheby(4-6 July 1939), lot 473; A. H. Baldwin Collection

 

 

Gothabyrig; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I:687(same dies)

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 1009-1017
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFMÆR ON GVÐA
  • Last Small Cross
  • BMC viii, Hild. E
  • 1.60gm/19.81mm
  • S 1154
  • N 0777
  • Found near Bialogard, Poland between 2010 and 2013

 

 

Gothabyrig; See BNJ vol. 28 (1955-57), 270-82 for more on this mint. This coin appears to be from a different obverse die as listed in the article and from the same reverse die as coin 8. Possibly the only one of this mint/moneyer/type combination in private hands.

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1062-1065
  • Penny
  • ǷV[LFM]ÆR ON RVME
  • Facing Bust
  • BMC xiii, Hild. Ac
  • 0.92gm/17.60mm
  • S 1183
  • N 0830
  • EX: From the collection of Nicholas Rhodes sold at Spink Auction 18006(26 September 2018), lot 1590, purchased from Mark Senior in November 1993 for £130

 

 

Romney; SCBI 9-Ashmolean: 1039 and 1040; SCBI 30-American Collections: 649.

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFNOÐ M-O DOR
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.38gm/20.11mm
  • S 1148
  • N 0770
  • EX: Baldwin's Auction 80(8 May 2013), lot 2279

 

 

Dorchester

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFNOÐ RVM:
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC xiii, x; Hild. E
  • 1.03gm/19.00mm
  • S 1157
  • N0781
  • EX: CNG stock number 733189; W. J. Conte

 

 

Romney

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • ǷVLNOÐ M-O EOFR
  • Pointed Helmet
  • BMC xiv; Hild. G
  • 0.99gm/19.00mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787

 

 

York

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1017-1023
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFELM ON GI
  • Quatrefoil
  • BMC viii, x, Hild. E
  • 1.14gm/18.60mm
  • S 1157
  • N 0781
  • EX WCN Online Auction 180517(15 May 2018), lot 1577265

 

 

Ilchester; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 967

 

 

  • Edward The Confessor
  • 1062-1065
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFRI ON LVNDE
  • Facing Bust
  • BMC xiii, Hild. Ac
  • 0.93gm/17.80mm
  • S 1183
  • N 0830
  • EX: Baldwin's(ticket)

 

 

London; scarce type for the moneyer. No coins of the mint/moneyer/type combintion in the EMC/Sylloge database, or the BMC volumes.

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFRIC M-O COL
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.18gm/20.81mm
  • S 1148
  • N 0770

 

 

Colchester

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • Ƿ•V•L•F•R•I•C O•NL•VN:
  • Pointed Helmet
  • BMC xiv; Hild. G
  • 0.80gm/18.50mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787

 

 

London

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFRIC ON LVNE
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 0.84gm/14.00
  • S 1175
  • N 0818
  • EX: From the William C. Boyd Collection sold at Baldwin's Auctions Number 24(26 September 2005), lot 850; C. W. Pearson Collection of Dublin

 

 

London; SCBI 42-Southeastern Museums: 1177

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 1009-1017
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSIGE M-O EOFR:
  • Last Small Cross
  • 1.40gm/20.26mm
  • S 1154
  • N 0777
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 57(7 June 2014), lot 44

 

 

York; SCBI 7-Copenhagen II: 322(die match)

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 979-985
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSTAN M-O ǷINT
  • First Hand Type
  • BMC iia, Hild. B1
  • 1.37gm/20.60mm
  • S 1144
  • N0766
  • Found April 2009 near Castle Rising, Norfolk

 

 

Winchester; Very rare moneyer for this mint; SCBI 7-Copenhagen:1439; SCBI 20-Mack:834

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 979-985
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSTAN MO LVND
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild D
  • 1.48gm/19.50mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774
  • EX: Davisson's; R. P. Mack(not in the Glendening Sale)(ticket); Duke of Argyll, sold to Spink 1949(ticket).

 

 

London; SCBI 20-Mack:949(this coin); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 229, coin 263 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 985-991
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSTAN M-O STAN
  • Second Hand Type
  • BMC iid, Hild B2
  • 1.17gm/20.22mm
  • S 1146
  • N 0768
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Electornic Auction 150702(2 July 2015), lot 116259

 

 

Stamford

 

 

  • 1024-1030
  • Penny
  • ǷVLSTAN ON ECXCE:
  • Pointed Helmet
  • 0.98gm/19.26mm
  • S 1158
  • N 0787
  • Found on Saaremaa Island, Estonia, Spring 2014

 

 

Exeter; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 262, coin 71 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Edward They Confessor
  • 1042-1043
  • Penny
  • Ƿ•VLST:N O:N LV
  • PACX
  • BMC iv, Hild. D
  • 0.88gm/17.90mm
  • S 1171
  • N 0813
  • EX: Teutoburger Munzauktion GmbH Auction 88 Session 1(5 December 2014), lot 2140

 

 

London

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1030-1035/6
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷIG ON CENTǷ:
  • Short Cross
  • BMC xvi, Hild. H
  • 1.16/17.58mm
  • S1159
  • N 0790
  • EX: Munten-en Postzegel Organisatie(MPO) Auction 46(23 May 2015), lot 3600

 

 

Canterbury
  • Æthelred II
  • 991-997
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE M-O ONOXN
  • Crux
  • BMC iiia, Hild. C
  • 1.54gm/20.07mm
  • S 1148
  • N 0770
  • EX: DNW 264(15 November 2022), lot 51
Oxford; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 50(reverse die match). Scarce mint/moneyer/type combination.
  • Æthelred II
  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE M•O L•VND
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild. D
  • 1.16gm/19.16mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774
London; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 861(die match); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 734(die match)

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE MO ON OXN
  • Long Cross
  • BMC iva, Hild D
  • 1.54gm/20.06mm
  • S 1151
  • N 0774
  • From the C. J. Sabine Collection sold at CNG Electronic Auction 542(19 July 2023), lot 580

 

 

Oxford; SCBI 9-Ashmolean: 517 &572 (die match)

 

 

  • Cnut
  • 1030-1035/6
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE ON COL:
  • Short Cross
  • BMC xvi, Hild. H
  • 1.13gm/17.00mm
  • S 1159
  • N 0790
  • EX: CNG stock number 32764; W. J. Conte Collection; Captain "Peter" Arnot Collection sold by Buckland, Dix, and Wood(21 March 1995), lot 228

 

 

Colchester; SCBI 36-Berlin: 754(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 259, coin 39 for a probable die match.

 

 

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

 

 

Bristol

 

 

  • Harold I
  • 1038-1040
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE O GRA
  • Fleur de Lis
  • BMC v, vi; Hild. B
  • 1.09gm/17.59mm
  • S 1165
  • N 0803
  • Found March 2017 near Walsingham, Norfolk

 

 

Cambridge; EMC 2018.0254(this coin)

 

 

  • Edward The Confessor
  • 1044-1046
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE ON HVNT:
  • Radiate/Small Cross
  • BMC i, Hild. A
  • 0.96gm/17.41mm
  • S 1173
  • N 0816
  • Found near Hastings, mid June 2015

 

 

Huntingdon; EMC: 2018.0285(this coin). See Eaglen BNJ 69(1999), these dies not listed.

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1048-1050              
  • Penny
  • ǷVLSIE ON GIP
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 1.08gm/13.87mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818    
  • Found near Ipswich between February and September 2013

 

 

Ipswich; SCBI 26-East Anglian: 1280-1281; SCBI 48-Northern: 1025. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 372, coin 439 for a possible die match
  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • ǷVLSIGE ON LVN
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 1.16gm/14.82mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818
London; SCBI 17-Midland: 376

 

 

  • 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)

 

 

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

 

 

  • Æthelred II
  • 1003-1009
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSTAN MO LVN
  • Helmet
  • BMC viii, Hild. E
  • 1.00gm/19.00mm
  • S 1152
  • N 0775
  • EX: Mike Vosper;  W. Howarth Collection

 

 

London

 

 

  • Edward the Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • ǷVLǷI ON LVND
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 0.92gm/14.80mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818
  • EX: Bonhams Knightsbridge Sale 17955(28 April 2010), lot 830, part of

 

 

London; SCBI 20-Mack; 1164(die match)

 

 

  • 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)

 

 

  • 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

 

 

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

 

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