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HOARD OF NINE ANGLO-SAXON PENNIES. 34:3<br />

two very able papers upon <strong>the</strong> coinage <strong>of</strong> Ecgbeorht<br />

<strong>and</strong> his sons (Num. Chron., Series 3, vol. XX, <strong>and</strong><br />

Series 4, vol. VIII), puts forward powerful arguments<br />

to show that <strong>the</strong> coinage <strong>of</strong> Ecgbeorht, after his<br />

return from exile in France, did not begin until about<br />

<strong>the</strong> year 825, when he first conquered Kent. As<br />

already mentioned, <strong>the</strong> Dorset hoard contained pennies<br />

<strong>of</strong> Ecgbeorht struck by <strong>the</strong> money ers Diormod, Dynyn,<br />

<strong>and</strong> Oba, who were all moneyers <strong>of</strong> Baldred, <strong>and</strong> it<br />

seems impossible to conceive that Baldred would have<br />

allowed Ecgbeorht to employ <strong>the</strong>se moneyers whilst<br />

he was himself on <strong>the</strong> throne <strong>of</strong> Kent. It was only after<br />

his expulsion that Ecgbeorht could make use <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>ir<br />

services, <strong>the</strong> relationship (political <strong>and</strong> fiscal) between<br />

<strong>the</strong> rulers <strong>of</strong> Mercia <strong>and</strong> Kent being on a very different<br />

footing from that between Kent <strong>and</strong> Wessex. Consequently,<br />

I suggest that <strong>the</strong> hoard was hidden in A. D. 825<br />

or a little later.<br />

E. CYKIL LOCKETT.

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