Date: c. 939-941 AD

 

Description:

Hiberno-Norse (Northumbria). Anlaf Guthfrithsson. 939-941. Silver Penny (21mm, 1.41g). Eoferwic (York) mint; Ingelgar, moneyer. The type is closely related in both style and artistic accomplishment to the popular and very rare floral issue of Edward the Elder (SCBC 1078) struck by Heremod at the northwestern mint of Chester.

• References: CTCE Group X, a-c; SCBI 6 (Edinburgh), 74 var. (obv. legend);
• SCBI 34 (BM), 1276 var. (same); North 539; SCBC 1017
• Almost Extremely Fine (aEF)
  • Lightly toned
• Very Fine (VF)
  • Unusually, a full coin (these coins are often found as ‘cut’ halfpennies)
  • Lightly toned
    • Extremely rare

Obverse:

• Small cross pattée; tiny pellet and crescent below flanking inner ring
• Legend: +ANLAF REX EFOR
  • Translates as: Anlaf, King of York

Reverse:

• INGELGAR below line from which springs a flower with two curved stalks, star below
• Legend: INGELGAR
  • Translates as:

Country:

• Northumbria

Category:

• Hiberno-Norse
  • Kingdom of Northumbria / Kingdom of York
• Hammered

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Additional Reading:

• O’Brien Coin Guide: Anglo-Saxon Coins & Their Links to Ireland
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Coinage of the Viking Kingdom of York (AD 895-954) coming soon
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Coinage of the Viking Kingdom of Northumbria (AD 921-952)
• O’Brien Coin Guide: Who Introduced Anglo-Saxon Coins to Ireland and why ?