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Penny

This term has 5,434 records attributed within our system.

Term type

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Object name
Object category
Material

Narrower Terms used

10 pence
20 pence
5 pence
50 pence
fourpence
halfpenny
henny penny
threepence
twopence
Maundy money threepence

Equivalent Terms used

pence
pennies

Created

13yrs ago

Connected records

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: Dublin
Ruler: John (1177-1216) (As lord of Ireland)

Penny

Maker(s)

Mint: Cardiff
Ruler: Stephen (1135-54)

Penny

Maker(s)

Maker: Greenhalgh, David

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Stephen (1135-1154)

England, Stephen (1135-54), fragmentary penny, silver, York group, type with lozenge sceptre on obverse, and reverse as on coins of Robert de Stuteville (Mack 218; North 920). Found near South Kyme, Lincs. 1992 (not a stray from the South Kyme hoard).

Maker(s)

Mint: York
Ruler: Stephen (1135-1154)

One of four fake coins from the R. P. Mack collection:

Maker(s)

Mint: York
Ruler: Stephen (1135-1154)

One of sixteen medieval German coins:

Maker(s)

Mint: Strasbourg

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ecgberht (803-39)
Mint: Canterbury
Moneyer: Bosel

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Offa (757-96)
Mint: London
Moneyer: Ethilwald

Penny

Maker(s)

Unknown

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edgar (959-75)
Mint: Lewes

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (c.827-c.845)
Mint: Ipswich (Uncertain)
Moneyer: Mon

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Harold II (1066)
Mint: Lewes

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelred II (AD 978–1016)
Mint: Cambridge
Mint: Cambridge (Cambs)

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Wiglaf (827-29, 830-c840)
Mint: London
Moneyer: Redmund

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ecgberht (829-30)
Mint: London
Moneyer: Redmund
Ruler: REX M (for king of the Mercians) (With the title of)

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Coenwulf of Mercia (796-821)
Mint: Canterbury
Moneyer: Werheard

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (924-39)
Mint: Winchester

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Ludeca (826-27)
Mint: Ipswich (Uncertain)
Moneyer: Eadgar

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Ruler: Æthelstan (924-39)
Mint: Norwich

Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Harold I (1035-40)
Moneyer: Leofstan
Mint: London

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Medieval

Maker(s)

Issuer: Archbishop Æthelred (870-88)

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Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Coenwulf (796-821)
Werheard (Moneyer)
Mint: Canterbury

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Penny

Maker(s)

Ruler: Edmund (855-70) (Struck in the name of)
Mint: East Anglian mint
Moneyer: Dagemund
Mint: East Anglia

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