![]() WSax-7538: Harold Godwinson II Very Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Photograph so several attempts included, including one with a cheap camera VF and toned with weak areas 6 o’clock obverse / 3 o’clock reverse (corresponding) due to an Ex Elmore JonesĬollection so excellent provenance. 1.45 grams so a very healthy weight for issue. There is only one for Erncetel (Arnketill), making Of the x33 York mint Harold Godwinesson pennies recorded on the EMC / SCBI database, WSax-7286: Harold II Godwinesson Late Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. WSax-5502 : Edward The Confessor Saxon Hammered Silver Penny. Types) recorded on the EMC database, only x4 are Sovereign Eagles type and noneĪre Aelpine Sovereign Eagles. Of the x54 Northampton mint Edward Confessor coins (all IX, Sovereign Eagles type, c.1056-9, Spink 1181. This was clearly not a good blank that they Silver and the reverse stress mark is surface only. The obverse mark by the king’s face is a difference in height of the Not a great image from my “better” camera Voided short cross, B.M.C.XVI - ++ BRIhTMER Ex Cnut hoard of 1993, ex Sharp collection, ex Baldwins, ex Spink, ex Lord Stewartby collection. XVI - Short cross type (1029-35/6), “+BLACAMAN O SNO”. This coin spectacularly toned with attractive Interestingly, the Danes landed in Hythe in AD 893. Lympne was a village three miles west of Hythe in Kent. One of the rarer of the Saxon mint – I’ve WSax-7304: Aethelred II Late Saxon **Rare Mint** Hammered Silverī.M.C. II Hammered Silver Saxon Penny – Rarer Mint. II coins (all types) recorded on the EMC database, only x38 are Crux and only +AELFPINE M-O PELIG – Rarer Wallingford mint. II coins (all types) recorded on the EMC database, only 圆 are Crux and only oneĬrux penny is Leofstan. +LEOFSTAN MO HAM – Rarer Northampton mint. It’s actually not apparent when holding theĪethelred II (978-1016): Read about Aethelred II Indeed, if you look at the SCBI examples,ĭie error on the obverse which is not any kind of crack on the actual coin. Meaning this is the very best grade example on their database, bar none. Once slabbedĭatabase has this coin as AU53 grade (about uncirculated) Which if you look on the database, is the rarer of the two moneyers Facing bust of Ceolnoth complete with tonsure. ![]() Saxon Hammered Silver Portrait Penny – Top Pop!!!!! Archbishops of Canterbury, group 1, Spink 893. Porous with a large die flaw on the obverse, chipped edge. Light coinage, c.757-96, London mint, moneyer Ciolhard,Įncompasses many different reverses, this one being termed a Serpent reverse – Slightly porous with a die flaw on the reverse. Light coinage, c.757-96, London mint, moneyer Aethelweald,Įncompasses many different reverses, this one being termed a Flower reverse – King Offa (757 – 796): Read about King Offa Should you have any coins in this category that you would like to sell, then please let me know.-> Remember, postage is included <. If you are looking for anything in particular, please let me know. Please see coins currently available on this site. In the later period of hammered coins, in order to increase the production of coins, they were sometimes produced from strips of metal. Sometimes double striking or ghosting can be seen on a coin as they would jump within the two dies, remember this is done by hand. One of the minters held the die for the other side (called the trussel), in his hand while it was struck either by himself or an assistant. The bottom die (sometimes called the anvil die) was usually counter sunk in a log or other sturdy surface and was called a pile. The correct weight of metal was used between two dies, and then striking the upper die with a hammer to produce the required image on both sides. ![]() Hammered coins were made by placing a blank piece of metal usually silver (early period of coinage) and then later gold. Hammered coins were produced by hand, no machines were used during this period, lasting until 1662 when machine made coins were produced. ![]()
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