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Details for Coins and Medals

This department has 105,279 records attributed within our system.

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One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022)

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

Maker(s)

Ruler: Beatrix (1980-2013)

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022)

Edward II (1307-1327), silver penny, Canterbury, class 11b3/11c, 1.29g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Canterbury
Ruler: Edward II (1307-27)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Richard I (1189-99) (Possibly)
Ruler: John (1199-1216) (Possibly)

Copper imitation of early medieval coin(?), obv. DX with abbreviation mark, surrounded by +PERMOCEN, rev. cross, 0.21g.

Italy, Lucca, contemporary copper forgery of a denaro in the name of Emperor Henry IV, c. 1st half 12th cent.; obv. Henry-monogram and blundered legend; rev. Lucca-monogramme and blundered legend (Matzke, SNR 1993, pl.2.32), 0.83g. Found in the Thames mud (c. 1995).

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: Northampton
Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: London
Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

One of forty coins, tokens and a medal:

Maker(s)

Mint: Royal Mint
Ruler: Elizabeth II (r. 1952-2022)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: Lincoln
Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: Canterbury
Ruler: Richard I (1189-99)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: Lincoln
Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: London
Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: Canterbury
Ruler: Richard I (1189-99) (Possibly)
Ruler: John (1199-1216) (Possibly)

One of nine English coins of the Short Cross coinage (1180-1247) from the Canwell, Staffs. hoard (1991), published by M.M. Archibald and B.J. Cook, English Medieval Coin Hoards I: Cross and Crosslets, Short Cross and Long Cross Hoards, British Museum Occasional Paper 87 (London, 2001), pp. 33-5.

Maker(s)

Mint: London
Ruler: Henry II (1154-89)

Germany, Weimarer Republic, copper 4 pence 1932 E, so-called ‘Brüning-Taler’, Dresden mint (KM 75), 4.96g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Dresden

Germany, Würzburg, bishopric, Albrecht II of Hohenlohe (1348/50-1372), silver penny, obv. crude bishop’s bust frontally with sword and crozier; rev. BVNO-monogram (Ehwald 4800), 0.57g..

Maker(s)

Mint: Wurzburg
Ruler: Albrecht II of Hohenlohe (1348/50-1372)

Germany, Halberstadt, bishopric, Meinhard of Kranichfeld (1241-52) or successors, silver penny (bracteate), obv. nimbate bust of St Stephan enthroned over arch with small cross and two small towers and holding palm branch and cross, 0.46g.

Maker(s)

Mint: Halberstadt
Ruler: Meinhard of Kranichfeld (1241-52) (Or successors)

Germany, Naumburg (or Merseburg?), bishopric, Dietrich I (1111-23), silver penny, obv. bishop’s bust with crozier l.; rev. stylized church building (Berger, Kestner Museum 1980; cf. Merseburg Berger 2038), 0.88g.

Maker(s)

Ruler: Dietrich I (1111-23)

Germany, Quedlinburg, abbey, Gertrud of Amfurt (1233-70), silver penny (bracteate), obv. abbess enthroned below arch and between two towers and annulets (cf. Leipziger Münzhandlung sale 26, lot 2248), 0.67g,

Maker(s)

Mint: Quedlinburg
Ruler: Gertrud of Amfurt (1233-70)

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