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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Ardatirion, post: 2016308, member: 9204&quot;]The bronze stycas of Northumbria are some of the most available and affordable issues of the early Anglo-Saxon period, and the Bolton Percy hoard is a good pedigree. </p><p><br /></p><p>I actually collected these coins for a brief while. They&#039;re a delightful puzzle. Most consist of King or Archbishops name on the obverse and moneyer&#039;s name on the reverse. But the orthography was anything but standardized. You see letters written in all sorts of imaginative ways, often interspersed with Runic, and written backwards or forwards. And on top of all that, there are irregular issues - so that confusing legend may not say anything at all!</p><p><br /></p><p>Most feature a simple cross or annulet at the center, but at least one moneyer, Leofdegn, had some imagination. </p><p><br /></p><p><img src="http://www.cngcoins.com/photos/big/3240630.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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