Date: 1015×36 Place of Production: Le Mans Description: A silver penny of Count Herbert I (1015-1036) from the County of Maine, France. Before Count Herbert’s time, coins from Maine produced by the counts were plain, carrying only the phrase ‘Gratia Dei rex’, (‘by the Grace of God’), but Herbert departed from this tradition and included his name…
Date: 997×1003 Place of Production: Lincoln Description:, featuring the bust of a crowned king facing left, and a long cross on the reverse. Produced by the moneyer Æthelmær Obverse inscription: +CNVT REX ANGLORV Reverse inscription: +ED/ELM[E?]/R MO/LINC Size: 18.82 mm diameter. Held at: Portable Antiquities Scheme Accession Number: DENO-00C081 Images released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike…
Date: 997×1003 Place of Production: London Description: Silver Penny of King Æthelred II, ruler of Anglo-Saxon England. The obverse of the coin shows a bare-headed ruler facing right, while the reverse shows a long cross with decorative crescents at the end of each limb. Obverse inscription: EATHELRED REX ANG[LO] Reverse inscription: AETHWOLD NO LVND (ON reversed)…
Date: 912 Place of Production: Central Asia, found in Lincolnshire. Description: A dirham (a type of coin) tentatively dated to 300 AH (AD 912) and the reign of emir Isma’il ibn Ahmad (295-301 AH), a powerful ruler of the Samanid dynasty. The coin probably made its way to England in the hands of viking voyagers. Size: 27.92 mm diameter. Held…
Date: 969-76 Place of Production: Constantinople Description: Early Medieval Byzantine copper alloy coin of an anonymous ruler, struck in reign of John I Tzimiskes. The coin has been pierced, probably for use as a pendant. Obverse description: Facing bust of Christ with halo and draped robes. Reverse description: Inscription inside a circle, with decorative foliage underneath.…
Date: c. 919–21 Place of Production: Northumbria, probably York. Description: Very few coins survive from the reign of Rægnald I (also known as Ragnall ua Ímair), who ruled York from c. 919–921, when he died. The majority of the Hiberno-Norse ruler’s coins were found in the Bossall hoard of 1807. The coin’s martial imagery includes a bow and arrow…
Date: 1072-1105 Place of Production: Sicily Description: Bronze coin minted for Duke Roger I of Sicily Held at: Metropolitan Museum of New York Accession Number: 30.109 Size: H. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); W. 1 1/8 in. (2.9 cm); thickness 1/8 in. (0.3 cm); Wt. 0.5 oz. (14.2 g) Images in Public Domain
Date: 1066 Place of Production: London, England Description: Silver penny minted by William the Conqueror, approx. 1.9 x 0.1 cm Held at: Metropolitan Museum of New York Accession Number: 2007.245.1 Images in Public Domain
