TREASURE ANNU AL REPORT 2005/6 - Portable Antiquities Scheme

1156. Aiskew, North yorkshire (addendum):
An Anglo-saxon silver penny (2006 T426)
Date: Late 8th century
Discovery: Found by Mr B Court while metal-detecting
in September 2006.
Description: A silver penny in the name of Cynethryth,
wife of Offa, king of Mercia (757–796). For the original
hoard, found between 1991 and 1997, see Treasure
Annual Report 1995–1996, no. 17; Treasure Annual
Report 1997–1998, no. 140; Treasure Annual Report
1998–1999, no. 326; D Chick, 2001. This earlier hoard
contained 10 pennies of the light coinage of Offa, one
light penny in the joint names of Offa and Eadberht,
bishop of London, one penny in the name of Offa’s
contemporary Ecgberht, king of Kent (c. 756–c. 780),
and one of Jaenberht, archbishop of Canterbury
(765–792). The new coin was struck by the Canterbury
moneyer Eoba, as were two of the coins from the
earlier find, and the group as a whole reflects the
southern part of Offa’s kingdom.
Disposition: Yorkshire Museum hopes to acquire.
G WILLIAMS
1157. Lewes, East sussex:
17 Anglo-saxon silver pennies (2006 T547)
Date: Early 10th century
Discovery: Found by Archaeology South-East during
controlled excavation of a feature interpreted as a
cesspit, in October 2006.
Description: The coins date to the reign of Edward the
Elder, King of Wessex, AD 899–924.
Edward the Elder, AD 899–924 (13)
1. Portrait l. BMC iii, [G]AR[E]/+++/ARD[MO], Gareard
(North 651)
2. ?Portrait, [Æ]ÐEL[-]/+++/ERÐMO, Aethelferth
(North 651)
3. Portrait r. BMC iv, [MEICIOI/+++/MEIOIN], East
Anglian (North 653)
4. Two-line BMC ii, WLF[H]/+++/ARDMO, ?Wulfheard
(North 649)
5. Two-line BMC ii, HEARD/+++MÆR[MO], Heardmaer
(North 649)
6. Two-line BMC ii, ÆÐELS/+++/TANMO, Aethelstan
(North 649)
7. Two-line BMC ii, AÐEL+/+++/VLFMO, ?Aethelwulf
(North 649)
8. Two-line BMC ii, DEORV/+++/VALDMO, Deorwald
(North 649)
9. Two-line BMC ii, GODEF/+++/ERÐMO, Godeferth
(North 649)
10. Two-line BMC ii, IOHA[N]/++[+]/NMO, Iohann
(North 649)
11. Two-line BMC ii, D[Y]R[H]T/+++/[VALDMO],
?Dryhtwald (North 649)
12. Two-line BMC ii, WLFE/+++/ARDMO, ?Wulfheard
(North 649)
13. ?Two-line, Illegible, Unknown
Plegmund, Archbishop of Canterbury AD 890–923 (1)
14. Two-line Class II, HREFR/+++/EÐMON, Hereferth
(North 256)
Uncertain ruler, probably Edward the Elder
AD 899–924 (3)
15. Unknown, [B]AR[-]/+++/ARDMO, Unknown
(North?649/651)
16. Unknown, [---EB]/+++/[----O], ?Sigebrand
(North?649/651)
17. Unknown, BEAHS/+++/TANMO, Beahstan (North
649/651)
Discussion: This is the first recorded hoard of this reign
recorded from Sussex, and hoards of Edward the Elder
are generally quite rare, especially from areas which
were under Anglo-Saxon rather than Viking control. This
is therefore a find of considerable local significance, but
also of wider importance. Together with other recent
hoards of the period from Brantham, Suffolk (Treasure
Annual Report 2003, no. 390), Penrith area, Cumbria
(2005 T471, see below no. 1158), and Harrogate area,
North Yorkshire (2007, T2), this hoard will contribute
to a significant expansion in our understanding of the
coinage of Edward the Elder.
Disposition: To be determined.
T CLIFFORD & G WILLIAMS
1158. penrith area, Cumbria:
Viking silver jewellery and coin hoard (2005 T471)
See object section no. 310
1159. Forest of bere area, hampshire:
Anglo-saxon gilded silver coin brooch (2006 T198)
See object section no. 206
1160. bridge, Kent: Four Anglo-saxon graves with
coins and associated objects (2005 T115a-d)
See object section no. 224
1161. selling, Kent: Anglo-saxon gold coin pendant
(2005 T310)
See object section no. 268
1162. Aylsham area, Norfolk: Anglo-saxon gold bead
and coin pendant (2005 T474)
See object section no. 269
1163. stradsett, Norfolk:
Anglo-saxon gold coin pendant (2006 T520)
See object section no. 273
1164. streethouse area, Redcar and Cleveland:
Two Anglo-saxon grave assemblages
(2005 T540 & 2006 T473)
See object section no. 226
1165. bury st Edmunds area, suffolk:
Early medieval coin brooch (2006 T574)
See object section no. 207
208 COINS COINS 209
D. mEDIEVAL
1166. East meon, hampshire:
Fused medieval silver pennies (2006 T18)
Date: 9th or 12th century
Discovery: Found by Mrs A Kirk while metal-detecting
in December 2005.
Description: The group contains the remains of seven
or eight early Medieval pennies, fused together. Some
of these are only fragmentary, others more or less
intact. Apart from one projecting fragment, the coins
are stacked. Unfortunately these outer coins are heavily
worn and corroded, so that the coin type can not be
clearly ascertained.
What little is visible is consistent with mid-Saxon
coinage of the 9th century, or with Norman coinage
of the early 12th century. However, the coins are too
damaged to be more precisely dated.
Disposition: British Museum.
G WILLIAMS
1167. stalbridge, Dorset:
Fused medieval silver pennies (2005 T342)
Date: 1090s
Discovery: Found by Mr A Martin while metaldetecting
in February 2005.
Description: The fused lump contains two coins which
are more or less intact, together with fragments of at
least two more coins, one recently broken away. One
visible reverse is certainly of the ‘Cross in Quatrefoil’
type of William II (1087–1100), normally dated to c.
1089–1092, but the inscription is too badly buckled
and corroded for further identification. The partially
visible obverse of another coin appears to be of the
preceding ‘Profile’ type, suggesting that the coins were
deposited shortly after the type had changed. Total
weight: 3.70g.
Disposition: British Museum.
G WILLIAMS
1168. york area, East Riding of yorkshire:
8 medieval silver coins (2005 T534)
Date: c. 1136–1145
Discovery: Found by Mr N Jones while metal-detecting
in November 2005.
Description: Three of the intact pennies and both
of the cut halves have also been bent, as is typical of
hoards of this period. All of the coins are of the first
type of Stephen (1135–1153), the so-called ‘Watford’
type (c. 1136–c. 1145).
1. Rev: ____RD:ON:__N__ 1.37g. Uncertain moneyer
and mint.
2. Rev: TVRSTAN.ON:EV__ 1.3.5g. Thurstan of York.
Completely bent over.
3. Rev: +_____D:ON:SV. 1.40g. Uncertain moneyer,
mint Southwark or Sudbury. Partially bent.
4. Rev: Completely illegible, very worn and corroded.
1.18g. Completely bent over.
5. Rev: +_____E:_N:COL., 1.07g. Probably Alfwine or
Safare of Colchester. Chipped.
6. Rev: Completely illegible, very worn, 0.73g. Cut half,
bent through 90˚.
7. Rev: ___CVS.O____, 0.68. Uncertain moneyer
(possibly Henricus, but unrecorded) and mint. Cut half,
partially bent.
8. Rev: __B_R______, 0.67g. Badly corroded. Uncertain
moneyer and mint. Bent and broken.
Discussion: The coins in this hoard are quite worn,
suggesting that the hoard was deposited after the
outbreak of civil war between Stephen and his cousin
Matilda, rather than at the very beginning of the reign.
However, the small size of the hoard suggests that it
was a purse or other casual loss, rather than a savings
hoard deliberately concealed for safety.
Disposition: East Riding Museum Service hopes to
acquire.
G WILLIAMS
1169. Leiston area, suffolk:
6 medieval silver pennies (2006 T334)
Date: 1160s
Discovery: Found by Mr G Barker while metaldetecting
in June 2006.
Description: Six coins of the Cross-and-Crosslets
(Tealby) type of Henry II, issued between 1158 and
1180. Typically, the coins are poorly struck, and quite
worn, so that much of the inscription is illegible.
1. Class C, moneyer Willam, mint uncertain (probably
Newcastle). 1.26g
2. Uncertain class, mint and moneyer. Almost
completely illegible. 1.39g
3. Class C, mint and moneyer illegible. 1.28g
4. Class C, moneyer ----AM (possibly Willam), mint
illegible. 1.27g
5. Class C, moneyer PILL__ (probably Willam), mint
illegible. 1.41g
6. Uncertain moneyer TV___ (probably Turstain, known
at both Ipswich and Thetford), mint uncertain. 1.38g
Discussion: All of those coins which can be positively
classified are of class C, now dated to c. 1163–c.
1167 (Crafter 1998, p. 61). The small size of this hoard
suggests that it probably represents a purse or other
casual loss rather than a savings hoard, and there is no
obvious political context for the concealment of the
hoard, in contrast with a number of slightly later hoards
associated with civil conflict in the 1170s.
Disposition: Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge hopes to
acquire.
G WILLIAMS