The Long Cross Coinage of

Æthelred II

 

 
997-1003
BMC iva
Hildebrand D
Seaby # 1151
North # 774

 

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • HV•NIA MΩO BARD
  • 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)

 

 

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

 

 

  • 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)

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODRIC M•O GRANT
  • 1.36gm/19.80mm
  • Found c.1986 on Clandon Park, Guildford, Surrey, estate of the Earl of Onslow.

 

 

 Cambridge; SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam: 684(die match); Apparently the only type of this moneyer at this mint.
  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE MO LEIG
  • 1.57gm/20.51mm
  • EX: VF-Auktion Auction 3016(11 October 2023), lot 333
 Chester: SCBI 25-Helsinki: 184(possible die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • DVNSTAN M•O EAXE
  • 1.65gm/20.00mm
  • EX CNG Electronic Auction 366(13 January 2016), lot 1083

 

 

 Exeter; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I:668(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 214, coin 57 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • 997-1003
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFMÆR M'O GEOÐA
  • 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)

 

 

  • Penny
  • LYVA MΩO HÆSTING
  • 1.49gm/19.98mm

 

 

 Hastings; SCBI 25-Helsinki: 206(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • BYRNSTAN M•O HERE
  • 1.55gm/20.47mm
  • EX: Baldwin's Spring 2012 Argentum(11 February 2012), lot 48

 

 

Hereford; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 427(die match); SCBI 20-Mack: 923(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 219, coin 115 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFGIT MΩ•O LIHER
  • 1.64gm/20.29mm

 

 

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

 

 

  • Penny
  • HEREBYRHT MΩO LÆǷ
  • 1.68gm/19.70mm
  • EX: Lockdales Auction 82(26 January 2011), lot 553; Baldwin's Auction 62(29 September 2009), lot 178.

 

 

 Lewes; SCBI 42-Southeastern: 924(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 220, coin 134 for a probable die match. Moneyer known only for this mint and this type.

 

 

  • Penny
  • COLGRIM M•Ω•O LINC
  • 1.64gm/19.50mm
  • EX: CNG Triton IX(9 January 2006), Lot: 2243

 

 

 Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire: 13 and 14(die match to both); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 222, coin 163 for a probable die match

 

 

  • Penny
  • SV[MERL]EÐ M LINE
  • 1.08gm/19.50mm

 

 

 Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire: 164 and 165(die match to both) Scarce variety with cross behind head and pellet in one quarter of reverse.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFRIC MO LVD
  • 1.14gm19.00mm
  • EX: The Viking Collection sold at Spink 150(14 March 2001), lot 1020; Spink 6(10-11 October 1979), lot 323; Glendenning July 1965, lot 892, part of.

 

 

 London; Subsidiary issue with a previously unpublished moneyer. This coin was listed in the English coin section of the catalogue for the Viking Collection sale however there is a possibility that this is a Scandinavian imitative issue. See SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam: 698 for a similar obverse. See Veronica Smart, BNJ 34(1965), " A Subsidiary Issue of Æthelred II's Long Cross."

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆÐELǷERD MO LVND
  • Long Cross
  • 1.61gm/19.95mm
  • EX: DNW 274(7 June 2023), lot 60

 

 

 London; SCBI 7-Glasgow:1120(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 227, coin 230 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSTAN M•O LVND
  • 1.48gm/19.50mm
  • 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.
  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE M•O L•VND
  • 1.16gm/19.16mm
 London; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 861(die match); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 734(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODA MΩO LYDA
  • 1.30gm/20.04mm

 

 

 Lydford; SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam: 702(die match); SCBI 2-Hunterian; Copenhagen: 857(die match); SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 986;(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • SǷERTINC M•O NORÐ
  • 1.73gm/20.10mm
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 53(23 February 2013), lot 29

 

 

 Norwich; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 1032 and 1034(die match to both)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFǷINE MO ON OXN
  • 1.54gm/20.06mm
  • 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)

 

 

  • Penny
  • EDSIGE MΩO ROFEC
  • 1.45gm/19.58mm
  • From the Maj. Gen. Adrian Lyons Collection, CBE, EX: Dolphin Coins(April 2001)

 

 

 Rochester; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 1062(die match); SCBI 51-Estonia: 268(rev die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • SPILEMAN M•O HAM
  • 1.43gm/18.90mm

 

 

 Southampton; SCBI 25-Helsinki: 329 and 330(die match to both); Moneyer known only for Southampton and Winchester.
  • Penny
  • ASCǷGE MΩO STA
  • 1.38gm/19.60mm
  • EX Allan Williams Collection sold at CNG Electronic Auction 483(6 January 2021), lot 704; B. Ahlström Mynthandel AB 50(19 November 1994), lot 19
 Stamford; SCBI 7-Copenhagen:1119(die match), 1120; SCBI 27- Lincolnshire:1138(die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 235, coin 323 for a probable die match
  • Penny
  • OSBRN MΩO ÐEO
  • 1.36gm/19.34mm
  • EX The Haddenham Collection sold at Spink Auction 23005(12 December 2023), lot230, bt T. Mathews(1985), SNC February 1995, no. 147
 Thetford; SCBI 7-Copenhagen:1235(possible die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆÐESTAN MO ǷÆRI
  • 1.79gm/19.92mm
  • From the Jon Mann Collection; EX Joe Leighton(bought Brian Dawson October 2000), William H Pheatt Collectioin Part 1, DNW(21 March 1995), lot 532(bt. January 1986)

 



 Warwick; SCBI 17-Midland: 256(die match); see N. J. Ebsworth, BNJ 34(1965), "The Anglo-Saxon and Norman mint of Warwick, " die match to coin 17 in the listing of Long Cross pennies of this mint and moneyer

 

 

  • Penny
  • HVNEǷINE M-O ǷECED
  • 1.44gm/20.10mm
  • EX: Baldwin's Auction 70(28 September 2011), lot 350

 

 

 Watchet; SCBI 24-West Country: 555-557(same dies to all three); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 236, coin 338 for a probable die match

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE MIO ǷILT
  • 1.353gm/19.50mm
  • EX: Lockdales Auction 80(19 September 2010), lot 523

 

 

 Wilton; SCBI 7-Copenhagen:1313(same dies); SCBI 50-St Petersburg I:927(same dies)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFELM MΩO ǷINCEL
  • 1.42gm/20.16mm
  • Found c March 2020 near Kihelkonna St. Michael's Church, Saaremaa Island, Estonia

 

 

 Winchcombe; SCBI 7-Copenhagen:1322(same dies); SCBI 19-Bristol and Gloucester; 479(same dies)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFGAR M•Ω•O ǷINCL
  • 1.69gm/19.81mm
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 52(10 November 2012), lot 42

 

 

 Winchcombe; SCBI 19-Gloucester:480(die match); SCBI 50-St Petersburg I:929 and 930(die match to both)

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷOLD MΩO ǷIN
  • 1.49gm/19.00

 

 

 Winchester; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 1417(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • OBAN MΩO EOFR
  • 1.69gm/20.00mm

 

 

 York; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 271(die match); SCBI 21-Yorkshire: 87 and 88(die match to both)

 

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