The Small Flan/Short Cross Coinage of

Edward the Confessor

 

1042-1053
BMC ii
Hildebrand B
Seaby # 1175
North # 818

 

Image Description Notes

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆGELMA•N ON BE
  • 1.16gm/15.19mm
  • EX: John Mann; 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.
  • Penny
  • VL•CHTEL ON B
  • 0.81gm/14.00mm
  • 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
  • Penny
  • EDǷARD ON CEN
  • 0.91gm/14.54mm
  • EX: Jon Mann; Found in the Luga region of Russia
Canterbury; die match to SCBI 1-Fitzwilliam: 839 and probably to EMC 2017.0058. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 344, coin 46 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFǷINE ON CEN
  • 0.50gm/13.46mm
  • Found on Upnor Beach, Kent before 1 September 2012

 

 

Canterbury; SCBI 2-Glasgow: 1030;

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIOFSTAN ON CÆN
  • 0.99gm/14.60mm
  • EX: Davissons Auction 24(8 Decemberl 2005), lot 196

 

 

Canterbury
  • Penny
  • MANA ON CENT:
  • 0.91gn/13.63mm
  • EX: Spink US E-Auction 34617 May 2019), lot 79; Ira & Larry Goldberg Auctions 98(6-7 Jun 2017), lot 2864
Canterbury; SCBI 18-Copenhagen: 781. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 344, coin 52 for a possible die match. Scarce type for the moneyer. Only four in the SCBI/EMC

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFSI O LECED:
  • 0.91gm/14.20mm

 


Chester, moneyer is known for Chester but this is a very unusal mint spelling.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLǷINE ON CICC:
  • 1.10gm/14.30mm
  • EX: Dr. R. J. Eaglen sold at Baldwins Auction 18(13 October 1998), lot 1382; one of four recorded of this mint and type, others are in the BM(ex H.H. King), the Royal Cabinet at Copenhagen and below.

 

 

Chichester; SCBI 18-Copenhagen:784

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLǷINE ON CICC:
  • 0.94gm/14.32mm
  • One of four recorded of this mint and type, others are in the BM(ex H.H. King), the Royal Cabinet at Copenhagen and above.

 

 

Chichester; SCBI 18-Copenhagen:784

 

 

  • Penny
  • STANMAÆ ON COL
  • 1.02gm/14.00mm

 

 

Colchester; SCBI 36-Berlin:851

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIFINC ON EXE
  • 0.96gm/14.30mm

 

 

Exeter; Rare moneyer/type combination. None in the EMC/Sylloge data base or the BMC volumes.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODRIC ON GLEǷ
  • 1.01gm/14.78mm
  • EX: Mark Rasmussen

 

 

Gloucester; SCBI 42-Southeastern: 1169

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRID ON HÆSTI
  • 1.10gm/14.90mm
  • From the Dr. John Hulett Collection Part II, DNW(13 December 2017), lot 689; EX: Baldwins 19(4 May 1999), lot 449; Baldwins 17(5 May 1998), lot 269

 

 

Hastings; SCBI 36-Berlin: 852; SCBI 42-Southeastern: 1170. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 376, coin 494 for a possible die match.
  • Penny
  • ÆLFǷINE ON HV
  • 1.01gm/14.06mm
  • E:X: Morton and Eden Auction 84(2 December 2016), lot 910
Huntingdon; SCBI 18-Copenhagen: 901. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 382, coin 556 for a possible die match. See Eaglen BNJ 69(1999), page 130, coin 265.

 

 

  • Penny
  • Ƿ•VL•SIE ON GIP
  • 1.08gm/13.87mm     
  • 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.
  • Penny
  • GODRIC ON LEHER
  • 1.05gm/13.35mm
  • EX: Halls Hammered Coins; Found late 2018 near Leicester.
Leicester; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 387, coin 611 for a possible die match. Rare mint/moneyer/type combination

 

 

  • Cut 1/2 Penny
  • LEFMA[N ON LÆPE]
  • 0.36gm/14.30mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818

 

 

Lewes; SCBI 42-Southeastern: 1172; During this reign only one coin of this moneyer in the SCBI and EMC and that is of the Lewes mint. Rare type for the mint.

 

 

  • Penny
  • OSMVND O LÆPE
  • 1.09gm/14.77mm
  • EX: WAG Online Auction 116(14 February 2021), lot 72

 

 

Lewes; SCBI 42-Southeastern: 1174; SCBI-54-Hermitage IV; 944(die match).

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRIHTME ON LIN
  • 1.14gm/14.00mm

 

 

Lincoln. Very unusual spelling of the moneyer.

 

 

  • Cut 1/2 d
  • [GODRI]C ON LIN
  • 0.48gm/14.00mm
  • Found North Orsby, Lincolnshire c. 1995

 


Lincoln; EMC 2018.0288(this coin). See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 392, coin 676 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷILGRIP ON LINCO
  • 0.96gm/14.51mm

 

 

Lincoln. Rare mint/moneyer/type combination.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆGELIG ON LVN
  • 0.84gm/14.20mm

 

 

London; SCBI 11-Reading:143; SCBI 20-Mack:1153; scarce moneyer for this mint

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆGEL•RIC ON LVN
  • 1.06gm/14.36mm
  • EX: St. James Auction 22(1 October 2012), Lot 352

 

 

London; SCBI 18-Copenhagen:1012

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFRED ON LVN
  • 1.19gm/15.15mm

 

 

London: SCBI 54-Stockholm Part 5; 967-968(die match to both); unusual variety wtih a pellet in the first and third quarters of the reverse.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFSTAN ON L•D:
  • 0.89gm/13.80mm
  • EX: Dr. R. J. Eaglen, Baldwins Auction 18(13 October 1998), lot 1458; G. V. Doubleday sold at, Glendinings Auctions(6 October 1987), lot 291

 


London; SCBI 30-American:585; SCBI 36-Berlin:855; apparently only type for this moneyer at this mint.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFǷ ON LVND:
  • 0.58gm/13.81mm

 

 

London; SCBI 48-Northern: 1027 and 1028. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 398, coin 772 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ALDGAR ON LVN:
  • 0.76gm/14.10mm
  • EX Baldwin's of St. James Auction 9(21 September 2017), lot 1128

 

 

London; SCBI 9-Ashmolean: 802; SCBI 26-East Anglian: 1285-1286; scarce mint/type/moneyer combination

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRIHTRED ON LV
  • 0.68gm/13.93mm
  • EX: London Coin Auction 156(4-5 March 2017), lot 1760

 


London; SCBI 18-Copenhagen: 1036-1037. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 399, coin 791 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • DEOHEN ON LVN
  • 0.77gm/14.00mm

 

 

London; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 399, coin 796 for a possible die match. Rare spelling of the moneyer's name.

 

 

  • Penny
  • DIREMA ON LVN
  • 0.66gm/13.90mm
  • EX: Davisson's

 

 

London; SCBI 9-Ashmolean 804; SCBI 18-Copenhagen 1044; SCBI 26-East Anglia 1287; SCBI 48-Northern Museums 1031. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 400, coin 799 for a possible die match.
  • Penny
  • EDIN•E ONN LV:
  • 1.06gm/14.49mm
  • Came with an old Robert Pearce ticket
London; Possibly the same coin as lot 246 in Baldwin's 14(14 October 1997). If not the same coin than they are die duplicates.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GOLDSIE ON LVN
  • 0.74gm/14.50mm

 

 

London; SCBI 54-Stockholm V: 994. Moneyer appears to be known only at London.

 

 

  • Penny
  • GODǷINE ON LV
  • 0.98gm/14.00mm

 

 

London; SCBI 18-Copenhagen; 1079 and 1080. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 401, coin 817 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEOFRED ON LV
  • 1.07gm/15.00mm
  • Found near Cliffe, Rochester, Kent, end of May 2010

 


London; SCBI 54-Stockholm V: 1000 and 1001(possible die matches). EMC 2018.0289(this coin)

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIFINC ON LVND
  • 0.87gm/14.50mm

 

 

London; SCBI 16-Norweb 211; SCBI 20-Mac 1159; SCBI 26- East Anglia 1288; SCBI 42-South Eastern Museums 1176. Unusual reverse inscription,note the "•" in the letter V of LVN
  • Penny
  • LIFINC ON LV
  • 0.70gm/14.12mm
  • EX: Baldwins Spring Argentum(4 June 2016), lot 148
London

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLFRIC ON LVNE
  • 0.84gm/14.00
  • 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
  • Penny
  • ǷVLSIGE ON LVN
  • 1.16gm/14.82mm
London; SCBI 17-Midland: 376

 

 

  • Penny
  • ǷVLǷI ON LVND
  • 0.92gm/14.80mm
  • EX: Bonhams Knightsbridge Sale 17955(28 April 2010), lot 830, part of.

 


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

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFǷINE ON HAM
  • 1.35gm/15.12mm
  • EX: Baldwin's of Saint James 13(27 November 2017), lot 62; P.W.P Carlyon-Britton

 


Northampton; SCBI 54-Stockholm V: 1020 and 1021(die match to both coins).

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEFSIE ON SN0:
  • 0.88gm/13.90mm

 

 

Nottingham; SCBI 17-Midland: 378

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRIHTPAL ON OX
  • 0.91gm/12.64mm
  • EX Piers Motley Auctions, Exmouth, UK(17 June 2019), lot 305, purchased Baldwin's 1993

 

 

Oxford; SCBI 9-Ashmolean; 813; rare mint/moneyer/type combination

 

 

  • Penny
  • LIFǷINE ON SAN
  • 0.72gm/14.20mm
  • EX: St. James Auction 5(27 September 2006), lot 73

 

 

Sandwich; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 425, coin 1156 for a possible die match.
  • Penny
  • LIFǷINE ON SAN
  • 0.51gm/14.13mm
Sandwich; SCBI 24-West Country Museums 676. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 425, coin 1156 for a possible die match.
  • Penny
  • ÆLFǷINE ON SVD:
  • 0.66gm/13.77mm
  • From the Marvin Lessen Pt 2 sold at DNW 159(3 July 2019), lot 345; Bt D. Hess August 1965
Southwark; Very scarce type for the mint, none in the Sylloge and only one in the EMC

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRVNǷINE ON ST:N
  • 1.04gm/13.35mm

 

 

Stamford; die duplicate to EMC number 2008.0365

 

 

  • Penny
  • FARGhIR ON SA
  • 0.87gm/ 14.50mm
  • EX: Maj. Gen. Adrian Lyons, CBE Collection; Spink 1011, lot 191; NC Dec 2001 lot HS0952; Dr. R. J. Eaglen(Eaglen reference EC112, Baldwins 18(13 October 1998), lot 1529; Glendining Auctions 24-25 May 1972, lot 690. Possibly ex Roth 19 July 1917, Lot 85f (ex City Hoard) and Drabble 4 July 1939, Lot 526b.  These may be the same coin. Freeman records five coins but quite possibly Roth and Drabble are the same.

 


Stamford; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 424, coin 1151 for a possible die match. This coin originally attributed to Sandwich but re-allocated by Dolley to Stamford in 1956 (See BNJ XXVIII p59). 

 

 

  • Penny
  • FRIÐEǷINE ON ST
  • 1.05gm/14.50mm
  • EX: Mike Vosper; W. J. Conte

 

 

Steyning; Very rare moneyer for the mint, no examples of this moneyer for this type in the SCBI, EMC, BMC or Hild.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ESTMUND N ÐE
  • 1.00gm/13.60mm

 

 

Thetford; SCBI 9-Ashmolean 817; SCBI 18-Copenhagen 1217; SCBI 26-East Anglia 1290; 30-582 This moneyer known only for this mint from 1042-1056

 

 

  • Penny
  • LEFRIC ON ÐE
  • 1.11gm/17.76mm
  • EX: From the Julian Birch Collection sold at DNW Auction 133(12 November 2015), lot 49; CNG Auction 49(17 March 1999), lot 2217

 

 

Thetford; SCBI 18-Copenhagen: 1223. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 454, coin 1526 for a possible die match. Scarce monyer for this mint.

 

 

  • Penny
  • BRIHǷINE ON ǷELI
  • 1.00gm/14.00mm
  • Detector find in Harwell, Oxfordshire January 2003

 

 

Wallingford; SCBI 54-Stockholm V: 1048 and 1049(die matches to both coins). EMC 2018.0290(this coin). Rare type for the mint, only four in the EMC/Sylloge database and none in the BMC volumes and Hildebrand.

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆL•ǷINE ON ǷINC
  • 1.00gm/14.10mm
  • Found in Lyminge, Kent, England (TR 1641),

 

 

Winchester; Very rare moneyer for the type, only one listed in the Sylloge and EMC which is this coin; EMC 1998.0109
  • Penny
  • ÆSTAN ON ǷIN:
  • 0.77gm/13.88
  • EX: DNW Auction 192(2 June 2021), lot 29, Baldwin's Spring 2021 Fixed Price List, lot 143
Winchester; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 45, coin 1372 for a possible die match. Scarce moneyer/mint/type combination. There are two in the SCBI/EMC and this coin is from diffrent dies

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆL•ǷI ON ǷIHERA
  • 1.09gm/15.90mm
  • EX: Spink's Auction 183, The COINEX Sale(26 September 2006), lot 17; Spink's Numismatic Circular June 2001; Dr. R. J. Eaglen sold at Baldwins Auction 18(13 October 1998), lot 1585.

 

 

Worcester; moneyer not recorded in Freeman for type and otherwise known form only one coin, a Facing Bust type.
  • Edward The Confessor
  • 1048-1050
  • Penny
  • GODþINE ON þ[IH]E
  • Short Cross, sm flan
  • BMC ii, Hild B
  • 0.64gm/14.10mm
  • S 1175
  • N 0818
  • EX: Spink E-Auction 24123(26 June 2023), lot 1103
Worcester; SCBI 20-Mack:1174(die match)

 

 

  • Penny
  • ÆLFER ON EOII:
  • .80gm/14.50mm
  • EX: DNW Electronic Auction 30 November 2009, lot 3

 

 

York; SCBI 18-Copenhagen:811

 

 

  • Penny
  • ARNGRIM ON EOF
  • 1.16gm/14.60mm
  • EX: H. J. Berk; B. A. Seaby, Ltd.(ticket)

 

 

York; SCBI 21-Yorkshire 256. See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 361, coin 265 for a possible die match.

 

 

  • Penny
  • EOLA ON EOFER•
  • 1.07gm/15.00mm

 

 

York; SCBI 27-Linconlshire: 174(die match); SCBI 29-Merseyside; 743(die match). See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 361, coin 268 for a possible die match. Apparently this moneyer is only of York and only of this reign.

 

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