Anglo-Saxon Coins

Here you will find coins form the early, middle and late Anglo Saxon periods. The emphasis is mostly late Saxon but there are some interesting coins in all the areas listed below. At one time I was trying to get as many of the mints from the reign of Cnut as possible, with a preference for the pointed helmet series. I have since changed my goal to try to get a sample from as many Anglo-Saxon mints as possible. In Medieval European Coinage(2017) by Dr. Naismith lists around 115 possible mints for the late Anglo-Saxon period. Some of these are known form only one or two coins. Some are unknown as to their location or even if the mint signature is nothing more than blundered spelling or an abbreviation.

As you read through the descriptions please be aware that on the Anglo-Saxon coins the letter "W" will be shown here with a "Ƿ" which is as close as I can get to the way that letter is shown on the coins. There are also references to the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles(SCBI). This is a series of books that catalogues the various collections of British coins around the world. I have attempted to include what could possibly be die links to coins that are found in the Sylloge series or at the very least coins of the same type and moneyer. The quality of the photographs and or their printing in the Sylloge series is at times not the best. So my conclusions can be erroneous.

Anglo Saxon Mints

I have listed here in three sections those mints that are found in North, Seaby/Spink, MEC and those listed by Naismith. The first section is a listing and links to those mints that are in my collection, 73 at this point. The next section is for those that I do not have but might be possible to acquire. The third section are those mints that are only know form fewer than five coins, are predominantly in museum collections and for the most part unattainable. Those marked with a double asterisk while they might be attainable the price to do so is not, at least not for me. Those marked with a single asterisk are mints whose location is not certain.

Anglo Saxon Moneyers

I have made a few pages that arrange the coins along the lines of the moneyers in alphabetical order. The spelling that I used for the arrangement was what was on the coins and not the normalized spellings. Where there is more than one example of a name, the coins are then arranged by reign and then mint.

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