British Coins

British Iron Age, GALLO-BELGIC, Stater, series E [Ambiani], Gallic War uniface type, blank, rev. stylised horse right, charioteer’s arm and orname...

British Iron Age, GALLO-BELGIC, Stater, series E [Ambiani], Gallic War uniface type, blank, rev. stylised horse right, charioteer’s arm and ornam...

British Iron Age, GALLO-BELGIC, Quarter-Stater, series D [Boat Tree type], crescent with two appendages (‘two men in a boat’), rev. simplified tre...

British Iron Age, CANTIACI, Uninscribed issues, Unit, head right with torc around neck, pellet-in-annulets before and behind, rev. Pegasus right, ...

British Iron Age, Early Uninscribed issues, Stater, British A [Westerham type], devolved head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, pellets above...

British Iron Age, Early Uninscribed issues, Quarter-Stater, British Qc [Selsey Dahlia type], degraded head of Apollo rev. triple-tailed horse boun...

British Iron Age, ATREBATES and REGNI, Verica, silver Unit, standing man holding lituus dividing com mif, rev. laureate bust [of Tiberius] right, ...

British Iron Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Epaticcus, silver Minim, epati, ringed pellet above and below, rev., boar’s head right, ta below, 0.32g (ABC 1370;...

British Iron Age, ICENI, Antedios, Unit, double crescent emblem on vertical wreath, rev. horse right, antd monogram below, multiple ornaments arou...

British Iron Age, ICENI, Esuprasto [Prasutagus] (c. 50 AD), fractional Unit, Romanised head left, large pellet-in-annulet before, svb [ –––– ], re...

British Iron Age, CORIELTAUVI, Stater, British I [North-East Coast type], DEVOLVED head of Apollo, rev. DISJOINTED horse left, pellets and ornamen...

British Iron Age, DUROTRIGES, Uninscribed issues, billon Stater, disjointed head of Apollo, rev. disjointed horse left, 3.76g (ABC 2169; S 367). R...

British Iron Age, CATUVELLAUNI, Tasciovanus (25 BC - AD 10), Stater, ‘Hidden Faces’ type, cruciform wreath pattern, crescents at centre, hidden fa...

British Iron Age, Catuvellauni, Tasciovanus, Quarter-Stater, two crescents back-to-back at centre of cruciform pattern of corn ears, teardrops in ...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Gold Shilling or Thrymsa, Post-Crondall period, struck in Kent, c. 645-70, Two Emperors type, bust right, symbols around...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Primary series A3, radiate head right, tic in front, a behind, rev. debased standard, 1.07g/6h (SCBI Abramson 3...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Primary series BX, type 26, diademed head right within clockwise beaded ouroboros, pseudo-legend around rev. bi...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Continental series E, variety G2, porcupine-like figure with zoomorphic features and long’ beak’, rev. beaded s...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Continental series E, variety J, plumed bird-like figure, cross below beak, rev. standard with bars and pellets...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Continental series E, variety J, plumed bird-like figure, cross below beak, rev. standard with bars and pellets...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Secondary series R3, radiate head with pyramidal neck right, epa in runes before, chevron, cross and two annule...

Early Anglo-Saxon Period, Sceatta, Eclectic series R, type 30a, Wodan head with radiate hair and forked beard, rev. two men each holding a staff, ...

Kings of Northumbria, Redwulf (844 or 854), Styca, Monne, redvlf rex around cross, rev. monne around five pellets 1.23g/3h (SCBI Lyon 369, N 189;...

Kings of Kent, Cuthred (798-807), Penny, Canterbury, Eoba, cross with pellet in each angle, rev. triple tribrach moline [+e] ab a in angles, 0.84g...

Archbishops of Canterbury, Wulfred, Penny, Gp III, Canterbury, Swefheard, +vvlfred archiepi around tonsured and draped facing bust breaking inner ...

Kings of Mercia, Ludica (825-7), Penny, uncertain East Anglian mint, Eadgar, diademed bust right, + l[vdic]a rex :· , rev. e· a· d· g· a· r· [ –– ...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase I, Wessex Lunettes type, Bosa, aelbred rex around diademed bust right, rev. bosa moneta i...

This and the following seven Pennies of Alfred the Great (along with the Danish Two Line type, and the coins of the Cunnetti and St Edmund series ...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, London dies, Ecwulf, ælfred re+ in four parts around small cross patt...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, London dies, Hereferth, ælfred re+ in four parts around small cross p...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), cut Half Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, London dies, Ludig, ælfre[d re+] in four parts around small ...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, Mercian dies, Cuthbeorht, ælfred re+ around small cross pattée, rev. ...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, Mercian dies, Dudig, aelfred re+ divided into four sections around sm...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, West Mercian dies, Eadwald, ælfred re+ around small cross pattée, rev...

Kings of Wessex, Alfred the Great (871-99), Penny, Phase III, Two Line type, Winchester dies, Wulfræd, aelfred rex divided into three sections aro...

Danelaw, EAST ANGLIA, Æthelstan II Guthrum (880-890), Penny, Temple type, struck c. 880, Ipswich(?), Æthelwine, æthelstai re around tetrastyle tem...

Danelaw, EAST ANGLIA, St Edmund Memorial coinage, Penny, Dægmund(?), sc eanγnt, large A, rev. s doemvn, cross pattée, 1.27g/4h (N 483; S 961). Goo...

Danelaw, Penny, after Alfred the Great’s Two Line type, copying Mercian dies, Eadwald, ælfred re+ irregularly spaced around small cross pattée, re...

Danelaw, KINGDOM OF YORK, Cnut, Penny, cnvt rex around patriarchal cross, trefoils of pellets in legend, rev. cvh het ti around small cross pattée...

Æthelstan (924-939), Penny, Crowned Bust type, Norwich, Hrodgar, ædelstan rex crowned and draped bust right breaking inner circle, rev. hrodear ho...

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, First Hand type, York, Tuma, tvmme m-o eferp, Northen B style, 1.53g/7h (Dolley 152; BEH 959; N 766; S 1144). About...

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, CRVX type, Dorchester, Wulfnoth, pvlfnoð m¯o dor, 1.65g/12h (BEH 436; FEJ 250; N 770; S 1148). Very fine, neat roun...

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, CRVX type, Northampton Leofwine, leofpine m¯o hamtv, 1.38g/9h (BEH 1250; SCBI Latvian 12; N 770; S 1148). A few pec...

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Small CRVX type, York, Leofstan, lefstan m¯o eofi, two pellets by c in first quarter, 1.10g/2h (cf. BEH 749-50; N 7...

Æthelred II (978-1016), Penny, Helmet type, Gothabyrig, Wulfmær, pvlfmær m'o goda, 1.16g/6h (Doubleday 143, this coin; Dolley/Elmore Jones, BNJ XX...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Cambridge, Cniht, cniht o gran, struck from Thetford B dies, 1.05g/9h (BEH 1021 var. [copulative]; N 781...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Sudbury, Sperling, struck from middle Thetford A dies, +sprlinc o svb, 0.99g/6h (cf. BEH 3421-2; N 781; ...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Quatrefoil type, Wallingford, Coleman, coleman [o]n pel’ina, struck from middle Winchester dies, 1.25g/9h (BEH 3605; N 78...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Pointed Helmet type, Lewes, Guthfrithr, godefrið on læppe:, 1.07g/3h (BEH 1273 [irr. 33]; HHK 160; N 787; S 1158). Very f...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Dover, Eadwine, edpine on dofr, 0.89g/9h (BEH 318; N 790; S 1159). Struck from slightly rusted dies and...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Gloucester, Leofnoth, leofenoð on gle, 1.10g/3h (BEH 981 var. [king’s title and mint signature]; N 790;...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, London, Sveinn, spann on lvndd, 1.00g/9h (BEH 2705-7; N 790; S 1159). Slightly crimped and peckmarked, ...

Cnut (1016-1035), Penny, Short Cross type, Stamford, Leofdæg, leofedæi on sa, 0.85g/6h (BEH –; SCBI Copenhagen 3581, same obv. die; N 790; S 1159)...

Harold I (1035-1040), Long Cross and Fleur-de-lis type, London, Edric, ha’roγd recx, rev. edric on lvn, fleur-de-lis between two pellets, 1.11g/6h...

Harold I (1035-1040), Penny, Long Cross Fleur-de-Lis type, Thetford, Leofwine, harold recx an, rev. +leofpine on ðeo, fleur-de-lis between two pel...

Harthacnut (1035-1042), Penny, Jewel Cross type, Oxford, Godwine, harðacnvt re, bust right, rev. +godpihe on: ocxe:, 1.16g/6h (SCBI Stockholm 48; ...

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Radiate type, Norwich, Man, nanii oii iiordpii, 0.95g/11h (SCBI Stockholm 548; Freeman 102; N 816; S 1173...

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Radiate type, Thetford, Ægelsige, ægelsig on ðeod, 1.02g/12h (Carson 4; Freeman 2; N 816; S 1173). Very f...

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Penny, Expanding Cross type [Light issue], York, Arnketill, arcvl on eof, North-Eastern 'Pacx' style bust, annul...

Edward the Confessor (1042-1066), Cut Halfpenny, Expanding Cross type [Light issue], Thetford (?), Æthelsige, egelsi on [ –––], 0.64g/12h (cf. Fre...