The Last Smal Cross Coinage of

Æthelred II

 

 
1009-1017
BMC i
Hildebrand A
Seaby # 1154
North # 777

 

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Penny
  • EADǷOLD NON CAN
  • 1.21gm/19.96mm
  • EX: CNG Electronic Auction 287(26 September 2012), lot 618.

 

 

 Canterbury

 

 

  • Penny
  • L•E•OFǷINE ON L•EGC
  • Last Small Cross
  • BMC viii, Hild. E
  • 1.36gm/19.53mm
  • S 1154
  • N 0777
  • EX; Morton & Eden Auction 113(25 November 2021), lot 433; Formerly EX: Dr. Edward Butstal(part of a selection of coins given to his godson and subsequently sold at this auction)(tickets)

 


 Chester; SCBI 5-Grosvenor Museum: 0171(die duplicate); SCBI 7-Copenhagen:.0496(die duplicate)

 

 

  • Penny
  • CIOLNOÐ ON SIDESTEB
  • 1.45gm/20.00mm
  • EX: Mark Rasmussen "A Small Collection of Late Anglo Saxon Coins"; W. N. Clarke Collection, NC(October 2007), page 272, HS 3130(listed for £1,950); SCMB #62(2001), item E94; Lawrence R. Stack Collection(Sothebys, 22 April 1999), lot 524; Glendenings(21 September 1983), lot 17

 

 

 Cissbury; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 1102(die duplicate); SCBI 30-American: 471(die duplicate); See BNJ vol. 28 (1955-57), 270-82 for more on this mint. This coin would be a die duplicate to coin 5 in the listing of coins of this mint.

 

 

  • Penny
  • EADSI M-O DOVERE
  • 1.10gm/18.72mm
  • EX: From the Steve J. Green Collection sold at CNG Triton XXVII(18 January 2024), lot 6689(ticket); Property of a Gentleman sold at DNW 147(14 June 2018), lot 5(hammer £140); DNW 127(9 December 2014), lot 2319(hammer £100); Purchased from Mike Vosper May 2003

 

 

 Dover

 

 

  • Penny
  • CARLA ON EAXCESEA
  • 1.52gm/20.00mm
  • EX: Deyo Collection sold at CNG Electronic Auction 267(2 November 2011), lot 560; Henry Christensen, Inc. Auction 51(25 January 1974), lot 84

 

 

 Exeter

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODǷINE ON GL
  • 1.36gm/20.16mm
  • Part of a hoard of around 120 coins found wile digging a house foundation in the Spring of 2014 in Saue, Estonia. No more that 5% of the coins in the hoard were Anglo-Saxon

 

 

 Gloucester; none of the coins in the SCBI, EMC or BMC of this mint/moneyer/type combination have the same pellet on the reverse or spelling of the mint. This coin also appeart to have a superscript "A" at the end of the reverse inscription.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFMÆR ON GVÐA
  • 1.60gm/19.81mm
  • 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.

 

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIOFǷINE ON LÆǷEN•
  • 1.45gm/19.75mm
  • EX: Michael Trenerry(ticket); Coins of Sussex Mints sold at Glendining/Baldwin 14 October 1985, lot 130(the Humphrey Lestocq Gilbert collection formed the basis of this sale), Horace H. King(collection bought by Baldwin's and then sold to the British Museum and to Humbphrey Lesotcq Gilbert)(ticket); Raymond Carylon-Britton Collection(collection dispersed through Seaby between 1938 and 1961)(ticket); Duke of Argyll Collection(sold to Spink 1949), this is from the 1985 Glendining sale and could be because of confusion that the Bearman ticket does resemble tickets from Argyll; Thomas Bearman Collection(collecton bought by Baldwin's in 1922)(ticket); Hyman Montagu Collection Fifth Portion sold at Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge(16 November 1897),lot 8(part of)

 

 

 Lewes; SCBI 51-Estonia: 392(die duplicate);

 

 

  • Penny
  • ONLAF MON LEǷE
  • 1.00gm/18.69mm
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 58(8 November 2014), lot 34

 

 

 Lewes; SCBI 7-Copenhagen II: 467(die duplicate); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 1199(die duplicate); SCBI 68-Lyon Collection: 911(die duplicate); rare moneyer, only four recorded in the SCBI/EMC and one in the BMC. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 220, coin 126 for a probable die match.

 

 

  • Cut 1/2 d
  • ÆÐEL[NOÐ M-O LIN]C
  • .59gm/20.00mm
  • Found Horncastle, Lincolnshire, first half of 2009

 

 

 Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire:230(probable die match), SCBI 30-American:476(probable die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • OSFRAM M-O LINC
  • 1.48gm/19.70mm

 

 

 Lincoln; Very rare moneyer, apparently only known of Lincoln during this reign and that of Cnut; die duplicate of EMC #2006.0090

 

 

  • Penny
  • SVMERLEDI M-O LINC:
  • 1.36gm/20.53mm
  • EX: Spink Auction 9026(1 October 2009), lot 12(part)

 

 

 Lincoln; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire: 288(die duplicate)
  • Penny
  • EDǷOLD MO LVNE
  • 1.11gm/19.05mm
  • S 1154
  • N 0777
  • Found c.1993 near York
 London; SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 1347-1350(same dies).

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODA MON LVNDENE:
  • 1.05gm/18.90mm

 

 

 London; SCBI 68-Lyon Collection:863(die match); Scarce reverse inscripton.

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE ON LVNDE:
  • 1.32gm/19.16
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 59(14 February 2015), lot 28

 

 

 London: SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 1333(reverse die match); Two extra pelletes on reverse inner circle

 

 

  • Penny
  • OSVLF MΩON LVNDE
  • 1.37gm/19.68mm
  • EX: From the Keith Smalley Collection sold at CNG Auction 99(13 May 2015), lot 1221(purchased privately from B. J. Dawson, March 2003)

 

 

 London; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 917(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODA ON LYDANFOR:
  • 1.18gm/20.09mm

 

 

 Lydford; SCBI 37-Polish: 146(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODA ON LYDAFOR:
  • 1.14gm/20.10mm

 

 

 Lydford; SCBI 50-Hermitage I:1361(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE M-O HAMT
  • 1.28gm/20.00mm
  • EX: St. James Auction 6(8 June 2007), lot 24; Duke of Argyll Collection, sold to Spink 1949.

 

 

 Northampton; SCBI 25-Helsinki:539(die match); SCBI 50-St Petersburg I:1366 abd 1367(die matchto both); All coins of this moneyer and mint in the Sylloge have the same cross in front of the bust.

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFPNE M•Ω•O NO
  • 0.96gm/19.00mm
  • EX: Roma Numismatics E Auction 22(28 November 2015), lot 841

 


 Norwich; SCBI 50-St Petersburg I: 1378(die match); SCBI 51-Estonia: 463(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRIHTǷINE ON OXNΛF•
  • 1.71gm/20.64mm
  • EX: From the private collection of an English Gentleman; Baldwin’s Auction 70(28 September 2011), lot 351

 

 

 Oxford; Scarce type for the mint.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFHEH•M•ON ROFEC:
  • 1.29gm/19.00mm
  • EX: Elmore Jones sold at Glendining's(12 May 1971), lot 673, where it is listed as very rare

 

 

 Rochester; SCBI 2-Glasgow: 883(die match), SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 1052(die match), SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 1503 and 1504(die match to both); The moneyer scarce working mostly at Rochester, during this reign known only for this type.

 

 

  • Penny
  • SÆM•A•N ON SEA•RBE
  • 1.31gm/19.70mm

 

 

 Salisbury; SCBI 2-Hunterian:884(reverse die match), SCBI 7-Copenhagen II;1098 (obverse die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • SAEǷINE ON: SCEFTEN
  • 1.18gm/19.50mm
  • EX: CNG 67(22 September 2004), lot 2014

 

 

 Shaftesbury; SCBI 7-Copenhagen II:1086(die match); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 1522(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFSTAN MO CROBES
  • 1.28gm/19.97mm
  • EX: Numisbalt E-Live Auction 29(29 September 2023), lot 57

 

 

 Shrewsbury:

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆSCMAN M-O STANF
  • 1.13gm/19.68
  • Found c. 2 April 2021 near the Puha Kirk on Saaremaa Island, Estonia

 

 

 Stamford; SCBI 27-Lincolnshire:1245:1186(die match), Very rare varity with four pellets on the reverse

 

 

  • Penny
  • EADǷINE MO STAM
  • 1.24gm/19.54

 


 Stamford

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODA ON TOTANÆS:
  • 1.73gm/20.98mm

 

 

 Totnes

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFGAR MO ǷERHAM
  • gm/19.45mm
  • EX: Stephen Album Rare Coins Auction 36(24 January 2020), lot 1791(where is was erroneously listed as from Winchester)

 


 Wareham; SCBI 7-Lyon Collection: 1290(die match); SCBI 68-Hermitage: 835(die match); Very rare type for the mint, perhaps no more than ten known.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODIǷNE ON ǷORIME
  • 1.35gm/19.86mm

 

 

Warminster; SCBI 7-Copenhagen II: 1444(die match); SCBI 30-American: 480(die match); SCBI 65-Norwegian I: 1581(die match)
  • Penny
  • ÆÐELRIC ON ǷÆRINGǷ
  • 1.50gm/20.46mm
  • EX: CNG Electronic Auction 511(9 March 2022), lot 674; Terence Madlin Collection sold at DNW 160(5 June 2019), lot 181; bt Simon Hall October 2018
 Warwick; Scarce type for the mint. Only two in the SCBI and both are from another moneyer. None of this mint/type combinatin in the EMC or the BMC.

 

 

  • Penny
  • CYNNA ON ǷINCSTR
  • 1.07gm/19.80mm

 

 

 Winchester

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE ON ǷINCSTER
  • 1.46gm/19.90mm

 

 

 Winchester; Scarce reverse inscripton
  • Penny
  • GARVLF ON ǷIHRACST
  • 1.75gm/20.33mm
  • EX: Jon Mann Collection(purchased privately from CNG London); Joe Leighton Collection, Michael Salter Collection(Spink 12009, 29 March 2012) lot 443; W. J. Conte Collection(Baldwin's 13, 28 May 1997) lot 1705
 Worcester

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFSIGE M-O EOFR:
  • 1.40gm/20.26mm
  • EX: Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 57(7 June 2014), lot 44

 

 

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

 

 

  • Penny
  • EDRIC[MON ÐEO]DR:
  • 0.87gm/15.55mm
  • N 0779
  • Found before October 2020 on Saaremaa Island, Estonia

 

 

 Thetford; See SCBI 25-Helsinki: 554 for type. Variety with four crosses around the central cross on the reverse.
  • Penny
  • LEOFSTAN ON CANT:
  • Last Small Cross, bust right
  • BMC i, Hild. Aa
  • 1.32 gm/18.80mm
  • S 1154A
  • N 0780
  • Found March/April 2017 near Jamburg, Russia
 Canterbury; SCBI 20-Mack: 1066(die match); SCBI 30-American: 486(die match)

 

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