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ACTA U NIV ERSITATIS U PSA LIENSIS
Studia Numismatica Upsaliensia
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S T U D I A N U M I S M AT I CA
U P SA L I E NSI A
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UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
COIN CABINET
Anglo-Saxon and later British Coins
BY
ELSA LINDBERGER
Fil. Lic.
EDITED BY
MARK BLACKBURN AND HARALD NILSSON
2006
S Y L L O G E O F C O I N S
O F T H E BR I T I SH I SL E S
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UPPSALA UNIVERSITY
COIN CABINET
Anglo-Saxon and later British Coins
BY
ELSA LINDBERGER
Fil. Lic.
EDITED BY
MARK BLACKBURN AND HARALD NILSSON
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2006
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ISBN 0 –19–726339–9 978–0–19–726339–6
Studia Numismatica Upsaliensia ISSN 1652–7232
Typeset in Times New Roman
by Ulrika Bornestaf and Ord och Grafik, Flen
Printed in Sweden on acid-free paper by
Elanders Gotab, Stockholm, Sweden, 2006
The publication of this volume has been assisted by a generous grant
from Gunnar Ekströms stiftelse för numismatisk forskning
CONTENTS
FOREWORD by Harald Nilsson vii
HISTORY AND GROWTH OF THE COLLECTION by Elsa Lindberger 1
FINDS REPRESENTED IN THE UPPSALA UNIVERSITY COIN CABINET
AND OTHER SOURCES FOR THE COLLECTION by Kenneth Jonsson 19
ABBREVIATIONS AND LITERATURE 24
ARRANGEMENT 32
CATALOGUE AND PLATES 33
1. EARLY SILVER PENNIES (‘SCEATTAS’) 1-2.
ANGLO-SAXON SERIES
1. KINGDOM OF NORTHUMBRIA. Eanred 3.
1. KINGDOM OF MERCIA. Burgred 4.
1. VIKINGS OF NORTHUMBRIA. Anlaf Guthfrithsson 5.
1. KINGS OF WESSEX. Edward the Elder 6.
1-31. KINGS OF ALL ENGLAND
1. Æthelstan 7-8; Eadmund 9; Eadred 10-11; Eadwig 12; Eadgar 13-15.
2. Edward the Martyr 16.
2-18. Æthelred II. First Hand, bust left 17; First Hand, bust right 18-31; Second Hand 32-44; Second
Hand/Crux mule 45; Crux 46-164; Transitional Crux 165-6; Long Cross 167-280; Helmet 281-
319; Last Small Cross 320-402.
19-27. Cnut. Quatrefoil 403-504; Pointed Helmet 505-58; Short Cross 559-96.
28. Harold I. Jewel Cross 597-604; Fleur-de-Lis 605-13.
29. Harthacnut. Arm-and Sceptre 614-17.
29-30. Edward the Confessor. Pacx 618-9; Radiate Small Cross 620-7; Trefoil Quadrilateral 628-31;
Small Flan 632-4; Expanding Cross 635-6; Pointed Helmet 637-8; Hammer Cross 639; Facing
Bust 640; Pyramids 641.
30. Harold II. Pax 642.
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ANGLO-NORMAN SERIES
31. William I. Profile/Cross Fleury 643; Bonnet 644; Two Stars 645.
31. William II. Cross Voided 646; Cross Pattée and Fleury 647.
31. Henry I. Pax 648.
31. Stephen, Cross Voided and Mullets 649-650.
PLANTAGENET SERIES
32. Henry II. Cross-and-Crosslets (Tealby) type 651.
32. Henry II to Henry III. Short Cross coinage 652-7.
32. Henry III to Edward I. Long Cross coinage 658-62.
33. HIBERNO-NORSE SERIES
Sithric III, phase I-III. Crux 663; Long Cross in the name of Sithric 664-9; Long Cross in the
name of Æthelred II and the Dublin mint-signature 670-1; Small Cross in the name of Sithric
672-673; Reduced-weight imitations of Long Cross pennies of Æthelred II 674; Further
reduced-weight pennies, imitation of Long Cross pennies of Æthelred II 675.
ANGLO-IRISH SERIES
33. John. First (Rex) coinage 676-677.
34-37. IMITATATIVE SERIES
Crux 678-81; Crux/Intermediate Small Cross 682-4; Long Cross. Intelligible obverse legends.
Æthelred 685-91; Long Cross. Intelligible obverse legends. Cnut 692-3; Long Cross. Blundered
obverse legends 694-713; Long Cross. Bust right 714; Long Cross. Type variant 715; Long
Cross/Crux 716; Long Cross/Last Small Cross 717-9; Long Cross/Quatrefoil 720; Helmet 721;
Helmet/Long Cross 722-4; Helmet/Last Small Cross 725-6; Last Small Cross 727-31; Last
Small Cross. Bust right 732; Last Small Cross. Rev./rev 733; Quatrefoil 734-5; Quatrefoil/Long
Cross 736; Pointed Helmet 737-40; Unidentified type 741.
INDEX OF MINTS 112
INDEX OF MONEYERS 114
CONTENTS
FOREWORD
IN 1991 I was asked to take over from my predecessor Dr Bertil Wærn respon-
sibility for the Uppsala University Coin Cabinet as from 1992 on a part-time
basis. From the beginning I saw the possibility of publishing parts of this
important collection. At that time I was very much influenced by the project
Corpus Nummorum Saeculorum qui in Suecia reperti sunt (CNS). Every year
many leading numismatists came to Stockholm and the Royal Coin Cabinet to
work with the Viking-Age coin hoards and brought with them an atmosphere of
international contacts and co-operation.
The proposal of starting a new series in Uppsala for publishing the
collections of the University Coin Cabinet with the name Studia Numismatica
Upsaliensia was immediately approved by the editorial committee of the Acta
Universitatis Upsaliensis. The Anglo-Saxon coin collection was already being
documented and photographed in Stockholm, and it was thus easy to choose
this as the first project for the new series. By generous support from the Gunnar
Ekström Foundation for Numismatic Research it was possible to finance Dr
Elsa Lindberger’s work on a new basis for publication. Ever since her time at
the Royal Coin Cabinet and the Corpus Nummorum Saeculorum project she
has been promoting contacts between scholars and the Uppsala University Coin
Cabinet, and I gladly accepted her offer to prepare the catalogue. It is my firm
conviction that this book will do full justice to her long work within the field
of Viking-Age numismatics.
Very soon I contacted Dr Mark Blackburn, and we both thought it a good
idea to publish this first volume in collaboration with the British Academy
and the SCBI series. I wish to thank him for all his help over the years and
not least for his invaluable editing and proof-reading in the final stages of the
publication.
Many people have helped to make this book possible. Mrs Ingela Däcker
with her superior skill helped us to draw up the layout of the text in Word
Perfect and this has ultimately helped us to reduce the printing costs. Gabriel
Hildebrand, Gunnel Jansson (†) and Jan Eve Olsson have photographed the coins
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with great skill. Thanks are also due to the Royal Coin Cabinet, Stockholm, for
permission to use photographs taken over many years.
Without curator Ulrika Bornestaf’s unstinting support for the whole project,
as well as her skilled work in typing the catalogue, the project would have
taken much longer to fulfil. I want to express my deepest gratitude to her.
I would also like to thank Professors Brita Malmer and Kenneth Jonsson for
their comments and help. Professor Jonsson kindly provided us with a list of the
coin hoards from his database.
Nigel Rollison (†) translated a preliminary version of Dr Lindberger’s Intro-
duction into English. Thanks are also due to the staff of the Acta Universitatis
Upsaliensis for their help in producing the book. Mr Richard Hodges scanned
the mounted plates and skilfully made the final lay-out of the plates.
It is a great pleasure and satisfaction to see this first volume of the Studia
Numismatica Upsaliensia in print. We hope to continue with the German
Viking-Age coins in the near future.
HARALD NILSSON
Uppsala University Coin Cabinet
