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This is a good example of a Sceat (Sceatta?). These prototype gold and silver coins preceded the more recognisable later flat silver pennies.

Found with a metal detector in a field near Ewelme in Oxfordshire, these are not common finds.

This is a silver penny of Queen Cynethryth, wife of Offa. Such coins are very rare finds and even more rarely do they come in good condition. This coin would have been made by hammering a flan of silver between 2 metal dies.

The Bath Mint produced more issues of coins than any other mint in England during the reign of Aethelred II (978-1016AD). The popularity of the mint did not diminish during the Saxon period, with every Saxon king until Harold II making use of it…

Objects from the Ashmolean 'Anglo-Saxon Discovery' exhibition, 2005:
Cosmetic brush - Cassington, Toilet set - Cassington, Pottery spindlewhorl, Tweezers - Brighthampton, Knife - G5, Firesteel - Brighthampton, Pennanular brooch, Small long brooch, A…

It may be hard to believe, but the design of the central and right-hand coins is based on the Antoninianus (left). It seems that Anglo Saxon coiners had the difficult job of making copies of Roman coins with no access to the originals. They…

Silver coin - magistrate Dægmund - St Edmund. Cuerdale hoard, donated by Queen Victoria, 1838. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

Silver Coin Coenwulf. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…

The Bath Mint produced more issues of coins than any other mint in England during the reign of Aethelred II (978-1016AD). The popularity of the mint did not diminish during the Saxon period, with every Saxon king until Harold II making use of it…

A mint striking silver pence for the king had been established at Exeter in Alfred’s reign but its early issues are very rare. Output expanded enormously under Aethelred II (‘the Unready’), when mints throughout the country were used to provide…

AN31430001. Silver coin (penny) - Edgar and Osulf, style circumscription rossette. All these images are © Trustees of the British Museum. These free low-resolution images are covered also under the British Museum's Terms and Conditions…