Penny - Cynethryth
Features
| Location | Kingdom of Mercia (Kingdoms of British Isles and Frisia) |
|---|---|
| Moneyer | Eoba |
| Queen |
Cynethryth (757-796)
|
| Type | Standard circulation coins |
| Years | 780-792 |
| Value | 1 Penny (1⁄240) |
| Currency | Pound |
| Composition | Silver |
| Weight | 1.29 g |
| Shape | Round (irregular) |
| Technique | Hammered |
| Orientation | Variable alignment ↺ |
| Demonetized | Yes |
| Number | N# 103366 |
| References | Sp# 909 Standard Catalogue of British Coins (37 volumes). Jeffrey James North. English Hammered Coinage. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom (4 volumes). Philip Grierson, Mark Blackburn; 2007. Medieval European Coinage / Volume 1: The Early Middle Ages (5th-10th Centuries): With a Catalogue of the Coins in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom. |
Obverse
Draped bust right, trefoil at sides and above.
Script: Latin
Lettering: E·◊B·A·
Translation: Eoba.
Reverse
Barred Mercian m, pellets around and within.
Script: Latin
Lettering:
+ CFNEđ·R·Fđ·R·EGIN·Λ
m
Translation: Cynethryth, queen of Mercia.
Mint
Canterbury, England (757-1272,1457-1649)Comments
Cynethryth, the wife of King Offa of Mercia, was the first and only Anglo-Saxon queen to have her name and image placed on coins. While it has been suggested that these coins were inspired by the appearance of the empress Irene on Byzantine issues, the profile portrait harks back to coinage of Roman augustae.
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| Date | VG | F | VF | XF | AU | UNC | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Undetermined | |||||||||||||||
| ND (780-792) | |||||||||||||||
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