Anglo-Saxon Coins

My Anglo-Saxon collection has two strong points. The first is that of the coinage of Cnut and the other is probably the coinage of Edward the Confessor. At one time I was trying to get as many of the mints from the reign of Cnut as possible, with a preference for the pointed helmet series. I have since changed my goal to try to get a sample from as many Anglo-Saxon mints as possible, with a preference for the Cnut pointed helmet series and the Edward the Confessor small flan series. There are around 90 mints total for the Anglo-Saxon series for me to strive for, at this point I have nearly 50 of them. One of the most interesting coins is a small flan type that was in the collection of Dr. R. J. Eaglen. It is one of three known specimens of this type from from the Chichester mint. The other two are in the British Museum and the Royal Collection in Copenhagen. As you read through the descriptions please be aware that on the Anglo-Saxon coins the letter "W" will be shown here with a "þ" which is as close as I can get to the way that letter is shown on the coins. There are also references to the Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles(SCBI). This is a series of books that catalogues the various collections of British coins around the world. I have attempted to include what are prossibly are die links to coins that are found in the Sylloge series or at the very least coins of the same type and moneyer. The quality of the photographs and or their printing in the Sylloge series is at times not the best. So my conclusions can be erroneous.

Anglo Saxon Mints

I have made a table of Anglo Saxon mints. Those that I have coins from will have links to a page with images of those coins. The location of those marked with an * is uncertain at this time. Those marked ** are for all practable purposes unatainable. If you know of other mints that are not listed here please let me know.

Anglo Saxon Moneyers

I have made a few pages that arrange the coins along the lines of the moneyers in alphabetical order. The spelling that I used for the arrangement was what was on the coins and not the normalised spellings. Where there are more than one example of a name, the coins are then arranged by reign and then mint.

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