Anglo Saxon Mints B

Barnstable

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	Æthelred II 985-991 Penny BYRNSIGE M-O BARD Second Han d Type BMC iid, Hild. B2 1.14gm/20.20mm S 1146 N 768 EX: Mark Rasmussen	See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 208, coin 3 for a probable die match.
	Æthelred II 997-1003 Penny HVNIA M O BARD Long Cross BMC iva, Hild. D 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)	SCBI 7-Copenhagen:11(die match); SCBI 51-Estonian Collections:135(die match)

Bath

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	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)	SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 28(die match); SCBI 24-West Country: 509(die match)
	1003-1009 Penny ALFǷ•OLD MΩO BAÐ Helmet BMC viii, Hild. E 1.40gm/ S 1152 N 0775	SCBI 24-West Country: 570(die match)
	Cnut 1017-1023 Penny ALFǷALD O:N BAÐ Quatrefoil BMC viii, x; Hild. E 1.28gm/19.44mm S 1157 N 0781 EX DNW 251(8 March 2021), lot 102	Bath; SCBI 36 Berlin-595(possible die match); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 256, coin 7 for similar coin.

Bedford

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	Æthelred II 991-997 Penny ÆLFSTAN M-O BYDA Crux BMC iiia, Hild. C 1.36gm/20.42mm S 1148 N 0770 EX: Alfa Numismatics Auction 8(3 October 2021), lot 24	None of this mint/moneyer/type combinatin in the EMC, Sylloge or BMC.
	Cnut 1017-1023 Penny Quatrefoil BMC xiii, x; Hild. E LEOFǷINE  BED 0.90gm/18.98mm S 1157 N 0781 Found near Kings Lynn, Norfolk, UKDFD 28930, recorded 29 December 2010	SCBI 51-Estonian Collections: 512(die match); EMC 2018.0277(this coin)
	Edward the Confessor 1042-1043 Penny VLFCYTEL• O BE PACX BMC iv, Hild. D 1.06gm/17.00mm S 1171 N 0813	SCBI 54-Stockholm V: 0015-0016(same dies)
	Edward The Confessor 1048-1050 Penny ÆGELMA•N ON BE Short Cross, sm flan BMC ii, Hild B 1.16gm/15.19mm S 1175 N 0818 EX: 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.
	Edward the Confessor 1048-1050 Penny VL•CHTEL ON B Short Cross, sm flan BMC ii, Hild B 0.81gm/14.00mm S 1175 N 0818 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
	1056-1059 Penny SPOT[A O]N BEDFORDI Sovereign BMC ix, Hild. H 1.10gm/18.70mm S 1181 N 0827 EX Locdales Auction 89(21 November 2011), lot 1027	Bedford; SCBI-42 South Eastern Museums: 1345-1348
	Edward the Confessor 1056-1059 Penny SǷOTA ON BEDEFORI Sovereign BMC ix, Hild. H 1.27gm/18.82mm S 1181 N 0827 EX: Glendennings April 1988; Spink NC October 1992; Nicholas T. Bagshawe sold in the Spink NC December 1971(probably number 11483); Duke of Argyll(sold to Spink 1949). At some point after the Bagshawe sale it was sold by Tim Owen as his ticket was included.	Bedford; SCBI-42 South Eastern Museums: 1345-1348
	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)
	Edward the Confessor 1059-1062 Penny LIO(F)ÐEGEN ON BEDEF Hammer Cross BMC xi, Hild. G 1.29gm/19.90mm S 1182 N 0828	Rare moneryer and rare type for moneyer

Bridport

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	Æthelred II 985-991 Penny EADNOÐ M-O BRYD Second Hand Type BMC iid, Hild. B2 1.19gm/19.89mm S 1146 N 0768 EX: Alfa Numismatics Auction 1(13 December 2020), lot 12	SCBI 07-Ulster Museum: 34(possible die match)
	Æthelred II 991-997 Penny EADNOÐ M-O BRYD Crux BMC iiia, Hild. C 1.49gm/19.84mm S 1148 N 0770 EX: Baldwin's Spring 2012 Agentum(11 February 2012), lot 46	Bridport; SCBI 7-Copenhagen: 33(de match)

Bristol

Image	Description	Notes
	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	SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 100-104(similar but no die matches). This coin is a rare varient with a diademed bust and is North 785
	Harold I 1038-1040 Penny ǷVULFǷINE ON BRIC Fleur de Lis BMC v, vi; Hild. B 1.08gm/18.10mm S 1165 N 0803 EX: Baldwin's	.
	Edward the Confessor 1062-1065 Penny GODǷINE ON BRVCE Facing Bust BMC xiii, Hild. Ac 1.06gm/17.79mm S 1183 S 0830 EX Baldwin's Fall 2011 Argentum Auction(19 November 2011), lot 193, part of; Raymond Carylon-Britton Collection(collection dispersed through Seaby between 1938 and 1961); Philip W. P. Carlyon-Britton(ticket)	.

Bruton

Image	Description	Notes
	Cnut 1017-1023 Penny ÆLFFELM ON BRIV Quatrefoil BMC viii, x, Hild. E 0.95gm/18.40mm S 1157 N 0781 Warsaw Numismatic Center Auction 55(23 November 2013), lot 30	Bruton; SCBI 13-Copenhagen: 112; See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 257, coin 22 for a probable die match.

Buckingham

Image	Description	Notes
	Æthelred II 991-997 Penny TVNVLF M- B[VCIN] Crux BMC iiia, Hild. C 1.44gm/21.53mm S 1148 N 0770 EX: CNG Electronic Auction 492(26 May 2021), lot 1024, Reportedly a find from the Balkan.	Buckingham; None in the Sylloge or EMC. See BNJ 34(1965) pages 46-52 for a review of the coins of this mintt by Dolly, Elliott and Elmore Jones where they listed only three other coins of this type. This is possibly the only one of this type from this mint in private hands. Probable die match coin four listed in the article.
	Cnut 1024-1030 Penny L[•EOF]RF•IC ON BVCC•I Pointed Helmet BMC xiv, Hild. G 0.75gm/19.67mm S 1158 N 0787 EX: John Hulett Collection part XX sold at DNW 185(1 December 2020), lot 3; Sotheby's English and Foreign Coins(12 November 1981), lot 44	Buckingham; SCBI Copenhagen-13: 122. See BNJ 34(1965) pages 46-52 for a review of the coins of this mint. At the time the review was written there were 36 known coins from this mint. There were only two listed of this type, this coin was not listed and must be a latter find. All three are from the same moneyer and appear to be from the same dies.

Bury St. Edmunds

Image	Description	Notes
	1051-1053 Penny MORCEREE ON EDHVN Expanding Cross, Heavy BMC Vb Bust A 1.45gm/20.73mm S 1177 N 0823 EX: Mark Rasmussen; DNW Auction 134(7 & 8-12-15), lot 821(unsold); DNW 12(21-3-1995), lot289(sold for £120); H.A.Parsons Collection Part 1, Sothebys(28 Oct-1 Nov 1929),lot 197; P. W. P. Carlyon-Britton Collection Part 1, Sothebys(7-21 Nov 1913), lot599(part)	SCBI 18-Copenhagen: 801(similar); See English Coins in the British Museum, v.2, page 356, coin 203 for a probable die match. Eaglen 2, dies Aa, 5, this coin; Eaglen states there are less than thirty coins of this mint from the reign to survive. Freeman 5.

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