Post your English Saxon Pennies

Having a bad day so I thought I would post my Saxon Penny collection, as far as I have built it, to help me feel better. I hope you like them and I would be delighted if you can post some more!


Edward the Confessor Penny S1182 "Hammer Cross" type - 1042 to 1066 AD.


Cnut Penny S1157, moneyer Aelfstan on Pint (Winchester) - 1016 to 1035 AD


Aethelred II (The Unready) Penny S1151, Goderan on Pint (Winchester) 978 to 1016 AD


Eadgar (First King of all England) Penny S1129 NE Variant moneyer Capelin, 959 to 975 AD


Eadred Penny S1113, NE VAriant, moneyer Hunred, 946 to 955 AD


Aethelstan Penny S1089, Southern/Mercian mints, moneyer Aethelulf, 924 to 939 AD


Aethelwulf Penny S1051, moneyer Hunred of Canterbury, 829 to 858 AD

Enjoy!

 

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@PaddyB I hope you feel better. Unfortunately all I have is a Plantagenet penny, but I will post it just the same. I mean, I'm only off by about 200 or so years with this one, so close enough I guess.

 

Sorry @PaddyB for your bad day! I hope it get's better and some others will chime in with some Saxon coins.

Sadly, I don't have any.

How about an ancient suspected paranumismatic?

Carthaginians in Hispania
AE 1/4 Calco, 1.5g, 13mm; mobile military mint, 218-208 BC.
Obv.: Wreathed head of Tanit left.
Rev.: Crested helmet left, with cheek guards.

 

Ooooo... Still need some Anglo-Saxons. I think as I stated on another thread, I've been hung up on the Angevins lately. Earliest I have is Stephen:


England
Stephen, r. 1135-1154 (c. 1136-45)
AR Watford Type Penny, London Mint, 19.47mm x 1.1 grams
Obv.: S_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ X (Stiefne Rex), Bust right holding sceptre
Rev.: ADEL_ _ _ : _ _ : _ _ _ (Adelard on Lun), Cross Moline
Ref. SCBC 1278

 

nice collection paddy.... i just recently decided to collect some of these, so heres my first english penny to start me off...

England, Edward I, Longshanks, 1272-1307, AR Penny. London mint. + EDWA R ANGL DNS HYB, crowned & draped bust facing / CIVITAS LONDON, long cross with three pellets in each angle.
Seaby #1410
18 mm, 1.4g

 

Aethelred II (978-1016)
Penny, London mint, Godric moneyer (991-997)
OBV: bareheaded bust with scepter facing left
+ÆDELRED REX ANGLORX
REV: voided short cross, CRVX in angles
+GODRIC M-O LVND
(S.1148)

 

@PaddyB Hope you feel better, look at some coins, play some music or take a nap. Oh and nice coins, sorry don't have any of those types yet.

 

nice coins paddy, i'd love to be able to get one of these...watching the vikings series kind of stoked my interest.


this is as close as i can get...

 

Thanks for all your kind thoughts. Can't say things have improved much but at least I can keep myself distracted with coins.

 

Hi,

I collect Anglo-Saxon coins.

Most of my collection is early sceats and Northumbrian stycas, which are technically not pennies at all, so I will refrain from posting them.

I do, however, have some pennies too:


Aethelwulf of Wessex



Alfred the Great of Wessex (Danish imitation of London type)



Aethelred II (the Unready) of England



Cnut of England



Harthacnut of England (Danish type)



Edward the Confessor of England


I also have a few pennies from the other kingdoms of Anglo-Saxon England:


Eadmund of East Anglia (St. Edmund)



Wiglaf of Mercia



Burgred of Mercia

 

Those are great, Nap!

 

Wow! You have some beauties there! I am very envious - particularly the Harthacnut and the Alfred Danish copy. Both would fill critical gaps in my own collection, so I NEED! Thanks very much for posting them.

 

I say post away; as I've never even heard of those denominations. The Dark Ages are just that for me, numismatically.

 

Excellent post and nice pieces! Would love to see more. I am not an Historian, just a casual consumer enjoying Dark Ages England. I focus on collecting Ancient Roman Republic. However, it is REALLY fun to see your coins and knowing virtually all of the Kings and their histories around them... Looks like I may need to start expanding my collection...

 

Yes indeed - a fascinating period of history - the gradual coming together of a (reasonably) united Saxon England from several smaller kingdoms whilst also fighting the periodic forays of the invading Danes (Vikings). Eventually the Saxon and Danish interests became intertwined before eventually falling under Norman control.
Ethnically all three groups were of very similar origins and religions and probably hated each other all the more for it!
If you want to get a feel for the times without delving into the rather dry factually history, I recommend the Warlord series of books by Bernard Cornwell. They are fiction based on what facts are known but paint a graphic impression of the times.

 

I like Bernard Cornwall. I read Alfred the Great as a wee lad, and got me very interested early English History...

 

I thought that the Saxon period was from the 5th to the 7th centuries?
Anyway, Aethelred has featured already, so my choice from my collection would be this 'Penny' of -
Aethelred II. King of Northumbria, (First reign). 854-858 A.D. Moneyer 'Alghere'
AR13, 1.18gm, Spink 861 (Can someone please tell me what is a 'Quadruped - in coinage ?)

 

I have my collections posted at ForumAncientCoins:

Early Anglo-Saxon sceats
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5993

Northumbrian sceats and stycas:
http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=5403

Thanks!

I just started watching "The Last Kingdom", which is based off Cornwell's material. It is entertaining so far.

Nice styca

A quadruped is a four legged creature. They are found on the reverse of Northumbrian coins of Aldfrith, Eadberht, Alchred, Aethelred I, and Aelfwald I. There is also a creature on the reverse of certain stycas of Aethelred II by the moneyer Leofthegn, which is maybe a deer or hound. I have an extremely worn example in my collection and would like to locate a nicer one.

 

The English Penny, originally a coin of 1.3 to 1.5 g pure silver, was introduced around the year 785 by King Offa of Mercia. These coins were similar in size and weight to the continental deniers of the period, and to the Anglo-Saxon sceats which had gone before it.

Throughout the period of the Kingdom of England, from its beginnings in the 9th century, the penny was produced in silver.

(Courtesy of Wikipedia.)

 

Silver "Stycas' ceased production in 837 A.D. After that they were made of Copper.
This silver 'penny' was minted 854-858 A.D.