The Anglo-Saxon Period

 
 
 
 

This section not only covers the Anglo-Saxons in England but also the Viking invaders in England and Ireland.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Selected coins from Britain and elsewhere
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  1. Sceats
  2. A/S Pennies
  3. Vikings and Danes
  4. Hiberno-Scandinavians of Dublin
 

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This section includes a coin from the Vikings of York, as well as Cnut and Harthacnut coins from both England and Scandinavia.

  • Viking Kingdom of York
  • CUNETTI penny, c. 900 AD
  • Spink 993
  • Weight: 1.43 gm
  • Diameter: 20 mm
  • Obv: CR T E N  V, patriarchal cross.
  • Rev: Small cross with CUNNETTI 
  • Provenance: Dr. E. Burstall Collection
 1069   Cunetti Penny Lyon and Stewart have suggested that the enigmatic legend 'CVNNETTI" maybe a Latinized rendering of Hunedeus, an historically attested Viking leader, who held power at York with the otherwise unknown Cnut.
     
     
     
     
     

 

 
 

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