Newp ... Aethelred Penny

PBRat

It's been a while since we had a Anglo-Saxon Penny thread ...



S-1151, Obverse: +AEÐELRED REX ANGL· , Reverse: +EA/DPOL/D M'O LVND (London Mint, Moneyer = Eadweald) ... Did I get the attribution correct?

The peck marks are a bit of a distraction, but are fairly common on these coins.

Zohar

I like it! Very nice color!

bronzemat

Wow thats got a lovely tone. Great piece.

EVillageProwler

Pretty coin. I think you got the attribution correct.

Here is my S-1151 for comparison: EVP's S-1151

HoledandCreative

Beauties. Large and Small head versions.

theboz11

Very nice

JCMhouston

I like it, very nice indeed.

lordmarcovan

Awesome!

PBRat

Thanks everyone.

One thing I find interesting about these coins ... PCGS will give a numeric grade to a peck marked coin, while NGC puts them in a Details holder, noting "Peck Marked".

Zohar

Who made the peck marks? Is it like a counterstamp?

PBRat

Who made the peck marks? Is it like a counterstamp?

The Vikings would gouge the coins to ensure they were made of silver.

Search for peck in the following two websites ...
Fitzwilliam Museum Coin of the Moment: Aethelred
Historic Coinage's writeup on Aethelred coinage

marcmoish

Awesome state of preservation indeed - super pick-up!

Aethelred

Sweet!

Jinx86

the "peck" marks look to be protruding from the surface which to me would say die marks

PBRat

the "peck" marks look to be protruding from the surface which to me would say die marks

They both dig into the surface and protrude from the surface. Think of what happens when you chop into a tree with an axe.

If I had to guess how they were formed, I'd say the coin is placed on a solid object (tree stump?), and a dagger is thrust into the surface of the coin. But, I'm not a Viking from a millennium ago, so that's just a guess.

lordmarcovan

While we're on the subject of slabbing such material:

If PCGS will grade these Anglo-Saxon pennies, how far back do they go with medieval coins before the cutoff? And is it just English hammered that they'll grade? Reason I ask is that I have a 13th century Spanish piece to submit, maybe. All my ancients go to NGC but I'm going to probably be playing with some dark age and medieval stuff, too, soon.

960Coins

Wow, very nice.

DorkGirl

Very nice!