H4031 - The Kingdom of Mercia, Burgred (852-874), Penny, 1.03g., Lunette type, BMC Type D, moneyer Ceollaf, +BVRGRED REX, diademed bust right, rev., MON CIALLAF ETA, in three lines in and between two lunettes consisting of a crook at each end, (N.423; S.938), broken and repaired otherwise almost extremely fine. $425

A.H. Baldwin stock ticket in the hand of Elmore Jones (1898-1982).

WESTMINSTER BRIDGE HOARD (deposited c.871 possibly during the Viking attack on London)

GK1 - The Kingdom of Mercia, Burgred (852-874), Penny, 1.00g., Lunette type, BMC Type D, moneyer Osmund, +BVRGRED REX, diademed bust right, rev., MON OSMVND ETA, in three lines in and between two unbroken lunettes (N.423; S.938), small edge chip, old cabinet toning with hard deposit in parts, great hoard provenance. $925

Provenance:

William C. Boyd (1840-1906) Collection, not in the Baldwin's Auctions (42), 26 September 2005 (fragile ticket in his hand included).

Purchased by Boyd himself from the London dealer George Vieweg, August 1895.

Ex Westminster Bridge Hoard (deposited c.871), London, c.1895.

The Westminster Bridge Hoard, discovered in the river Thames under the present bridge, was acquired by the London coin dealer George Vieweg and sold accordingly to collectors. The hoard was not recorded when found and its discovery was only later realized by H. E. Pagan in 1965. The recovered and recorded portion is known to contain only Burgred Lunette pennies. Similar in nature to the much better known Waterloo Bridge Hoard, it can also be dated to c.871 and its deposition is very likely to be connected with the advance of the Viking Great Army and the sacking of London. The high proportion of local Mercian coins would seem to suggest that the hoard represents the wealth of an English inhabitant of London caught up in the Viking attack on the city. The site of the modern bridge at Westminster, which opened in 1862 and replaced an earlier bridge which opened in 1750, is near a known fording point on the Thames accessible at low tide. Situated on the north bank of the ford and known as Thorney Island to the Anglo-Saxons the settlement would be later known as Westminster, the site of Edward the Confessors Abbey Church, a later Medieval Royal Palace and the present Houses of Parliament. In c.872 when this hoard was deposited the site was occupied by a shrine to St. Peter.

References:

Checklist of Coin Hoards from the British Isles #68

Pagan, H. E., 1965. "Coinage in the age of Burgred", BNJ 34 (1965), 11-27.

H4019 - The Kingdom of Mercia, Burgred (852-874), Penny, 1.05g., Lunette type, BMC D, moneyer Hussa, [+BVRG]RED REX, diademed bust right, rev., MON HVSSA ETA, in three lines in and between two lunettes consisting of a crook at each end, (N.426; S.941), very crude obverse die, chipped otherwise a good very fine, toned, old cabinet coin. $425

A.H. Baldwin ticket in the hand of Albert Henry Frederick Baldwin (1889-1970).

GF5 - The Kingdom of Mercia, Burgred (852-874), Penny, 1.36g., Lunette type, BMC Type D, moneyer Deorwulf, +BVRGRED REX, diademed bust right, rev., MON DIARVLF ETA, in three lines in and between two lines with crooks at each end, (N.426; S.941), scarce, a full round coin, good metal, extremely fine, attractive old cabinet toning, with a great collector and hoard provenance. $2250 SOLD

Provenance:

William C. Boyd (1840-1906) Collection, Baldwin's Auctions (42), 26 September 2005 (ticket included).

Purchased by Boyd himself from the London dealer George Vieweg, August 1889.

Ex Waterloo Bridge Hoard, London, c.1883.

 

The Waterloo Bridge Hoard

Discovered in the river Thames under the foundations of the bridge during renovation work. The recovered and recorded portion consisted of about 100 coins: 96 Mercian, Burgred Lunette pennies, 1 West Saxon, Aethelred I penny and 1 West Saxon, Alfred Lunette penny. The hoard can be dated to c.871 and its deposition is very likely to be connected with the advance of the Viking Great Army and the sacking of London. The high proportion of local Mercian coins would seem to suggest that the hoard represents the wealth of an English resident of London caught up in the Viking attack on the city.