Saxon Coins
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Early Saxon Silver Sceatttas
WSax-4435: Early Anglo Saxon Silver Bird Sceat. Primary type, circa 680 – 710 AD. Bird-on-cross with annulets of a type that is unrecorded in Spink and North. Strong bust, large flan, lovely grade – choice. £275
WSax-4195: Early Anglo Saxon Silver
Porcupine Sceat. Series E
(triangular foot), 695 – 740 AD. Lovely
coin. £95
Kings of Northumbria /
Archbishops’ of York Issues
WSax-3414: AD 850 English Saxon Civil War Coin. Kings’ of Northumbria issue. Irregular issue so likely to have been struck during the Civil War of AD 843 – 855. Historically interesting whilst still affordable. £35
WSax-3524: Eanred Silver Saxon Coin, AD 810-41. Kings’ of Northumbria issue. Moneyer EADWVLF. Good grade and much rarer in silver. £99
WSax-3610: Aethelred Anglo-Saxon Sceat. 844 – 849, Kings’ of Northumbria issue. Moneyer = FORDRED. £36
WSax-3836: Choice EF Grade “Kings of Northumbria” Saxon Coin. Ethelred II, AD 810 – 841, moneyer EARDVVLF (Eardwulf). Stunning coin being one of the best I’ve ever seen. £105
WSax-3898: Saxon AE Coin, Aethelred II, 841-44 AD. Kings’ of Northumbria issue. Moneyer = FORDRED. Nice grade. £59
WSax-4036: Saxon EANRED Base Silver Styca Kings’ of Northumbria issue. Rarer base silver type. £75
WSax-4076: EF grade Wigmund Anglo-Saxon Archbishop of York Coin. AD 837 – 849. Superb. £99
WSax-4392: Saxon Coin - Aethelred II, moneyer Eardwulf. Kings of Northumbria issue. Very nice grade. £75
WSax-4393: Saxon Coin - Aethelred II, moneyer Eanred. Kings of Northumbria issue. Very nice grade. £59
WSax-4394: Saxon Coin - Eanred, moneyer Fordred. Kings of Northumbria issue. Very nice grade. £55
King Offa (757
– 796): Read about King Offa
Alfred The
Great (871-899): Read about King Alfred
WSax-4074: King Alfred Hammered
Silver Viking Penny. Small cross
type, as Alfred group II but this one a Danish East Anglian type. £399
Edward “The Elder” (899 – 924): Read about
Edward the Elder
Late Saxon "Hammered Silver" Issues
Aethelred (978-1016): Read about Aethelred II
WSax-4025: Aethelred II Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. B.M.C. IIa. Late Saxon, 979 - 985 AD. First hand type, London mint. Good grade, rare. £349
WSax-4219: Aethelred II Saxon Hammered Silver CRVX Penny. B.M.C. IIIa. Late Saxon, 991 - 997 AD. Bust left, reverse small voided cross. London moneyer. Extremely clear legends on a very well struck coin. £349
WSax-4241: Aethelred II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. B.M.C. IVa. Late Saxon, 978 - 1016 AD. Long cross type, London mint (LEOFPINE). Coin is ex Elmore Jones collection. Further, this is a “subsidiary” issue of B.M.C. IVa, as identified in North and referenced in BNJ #34, 1965, pp 37-41. £389
WSax-4242: Aethelred II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. B.M.C. IVa. Late Saxon, 978 - 1016 AD. Long cross type and from the rarer Dover mint (LEOFHYSE). Again, this is a “subsidiary” issue of B.M.C. IVa, as identified in North and referenced in BNJ #34, 1965, pp 37-41. £249
WSax-4417: Aethelred II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. B.M.C. IVa. Late Saxon, 978 - 1016 AD. Long cross type and from the rarer Lincoln mint (COLGRIM). An interesting coin on two counts. First, the bust is slightly barbarous and second, Aethelred is spelt EDERED. If memory serves, Lincoln and Stamford produced “distinctive” coins of Harold so it may be safe to assume these mints were “doing their own thing” earlier in the Saxon period? That aside, this is a lovely grade coin. £399
WSax-4423: Aethelred II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. B.M.C. IVa. Late Saxon, 978 - 1016 AD. Long cross type. This is a really interesting coin. Originally struck “Aelfsige of Winchester”, there is a clear over-stamp resulting in the reverse legend finally reading “Aelfsige of Warham”. It is presumed that Aelfsige was originally a moneyer at Winchester but at some point moved his business to Warham. It is further presumed that Aelfsige took pre-struck coins with him to Warham so rather than melt them down and start again, he simply made minor adjustments to the mint reading. Records do show that Aelfsige was working at both Winchester and Warham during the period of long cross coinage (B.M.C. IVa). As a side point, Warham is a rare Saxon mint. £449
WSax-4471: Aethelred II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. B.M.C. IVa. Late Saxon, 978 - 1016 AD. Long cross type. A pedigree coin from the rare mint town of LYDFORD. Extremely well struck and in high grade with minor peck-marks. +GODA.MO.LYDA. Ex Brettell, ex Radford. Choice. £675
WSax-4378: Aethelred II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. B.M.C. VIII – Helmet type. Late Saxon, 1003 - 1009 AD. Walingford mint. An extremely rare mint and type combination – the last recorded Helmet type, Wallingford penny was in the Norweb collection. £785
Cnut (1016-1035): Read about Cnut.
WSax-4033: Cnut Anglo-Saxon Hammered
Silver Penny. Pointed helmet type
(1024-30), York mint. Interesting
variation on the reverse design – note the four circles are totally independent
and stand alone from the short cross.
Toned metal, EF+ grade.
Stunning. £325
WSax-4053: Cnut Anglo-Saxon Hammered
Silver Penny. Pointed helmet type
(1024-30), London mint. Significant
provenance on this coin, being from the Duke of Argyll’s collection. Beautifully toned. Image of the collection holder here. An important coin. £375
WSax-4274: Cnut Anglo-Saxon Hammered
Silver Penny. Quatrefoil type (1017
– 1023), “+OSPOLD-MO-NOR”. Rarer
Norwich mint and about “as struck”.
£385 RESERVED (I.M.)
WSax-4485: Cnut Anglo-Saxon Hammered Silver
Penny. Short cross type (1029-36),
“+MANNA-ON-NORD”. Rarer Norwich
mint. £295
Harold I
(1035-1040): Read about Harold I
Edward the
Confessor (1042-1066): Read about Edward
The Confessor.
WSax-4383: Edward The Confessor Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. Late Saxon – small flan type (1048-50). B.M.C. II. LEOFWINE-ON-PIN (Winchester). Problem-free and attractive. £329
WSax-4466: Edward The Confessor Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. Late Saxon – small flan, profile left type (1048-50). B.M.C. II. COLGROM of Lincoln. High grade and toned. £399
WSax-3515: Edward The Confessor Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. Late Saxon – small cross, facing bust type (1062-65). B.M.C. XIII. Problem free with areas of contemporary weakness in the strike. £249
WSax-4024: Edward The Confessor Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Late Saxon – small cross, facing bust type (1062-65). B.M.C. XIII. Canterbury (LEOFSTUN). Problem free coin. £289
WSax-4465: Edward The Confessor Hammered Silver Saxon Penny. Late Saxon – small cross, facing bust type (1062-65). B.M.C. XIII. LEOFWINE of Norwich. High grade and toned. Superb example. £439
Harold II (1066
only): Read about Harold II ("Last
of the Saxons")
WSax-3428: Harold II Hammered
Silver Penny, 1066 only. PAX type
with sceptre. York mint. This is an exceptionally well struck coin in
very high grade. Slight variation on
the coin illustrated in Spink (1186).
Very slight crease and a light scratch to the eye. As you can see from the image though, they
are very subtle. Larger images here and here. A rare coin in any grade but in this
condition, choice. A strong investment
coin. £1995 RESERVED (BB)
