Hammered Denominations - c.780-1066
| Gold penny or ‘Mancus’ | |
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| Weight: Each varies, Offa’s dinar weighs 4.08g Diameter: 18-20mm Thickness: Metal: Gold Value: Unknown Obverse: Each coin is unique and as such there is no strict obverse type, though 5 of the known examples bear a bust. Reverse: As above with the 4 latest examples carrying the moneyer's name. As UK finds: Extremely rare. |
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| These coins are of such rarity that they were clearly never intended as currency for circulation. The probable reason for their existence is as coin used to make substantial or ceremonial payment to a powerful body (such as the Pope), where the sheer volume of silver coin would have been unmanageable. | |
| Penny | |
| Weight: Diameter: 16-23mm; a basic rule of thumb would be that the smaller coins are the earlier and they increase in size over time until Eadgar’s reform whereby the coins are around 20mm. Thickness: c. 0.5mm Metal: Silver Value: 1 d. Obverse: Although very different in many ways the vast majority of obverses will carry the name of either the king or archbishop for whom they were minted. By Eadgar’s reform all obverse legends surround the bust of the king. Reverse: Reverses vary more so than their opposing sides. At first the moneyers name appears with increasing frequency and is followed later and more often by the mint name (sometimes in the form of a monogram[]). As UK finds: Scarce. |
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| Halfpenny | |
| Weight: Diameter: Thickness: Metal: Value: 1/2 d. Obverse: Reverse: As UK finds: |
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