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name of the place of mintage rarely appears upon his coins. 

 More than thirty varieties of money ers' names occur. Two 

 specimens of the York mint are described by Ruding. ^ 



1. Obv. EADVVIGE REX 

 Rev. DEONVLF MON EG 



2. Obv. EADVVIG BEX 

 EeV. DONVLF MO ON EG 



Eadgar. 958 to 975. 



All the kingdoms of the Heptarchy being really and perma- 

 nently united under this monarch, he was the first who assumed, 

 upon his coins, the title of JRex Anglorum, Between seventy 

 and eighty of his mints are known, and the names of his 

 moneyers are more numerous than those of any of his prede- 

 cessors. The British Museum possesses two specimens of his 

 coins struck at York : — 



1. Obv. EADGAR REX ANGLOR 

 E-eV, DVN M-G EGFORWIC 



2. Obv. EADGAR REX ANGL 

 Rev. FASTOLE M-G EFER 



The following, which formed part of a hoard found at Derry 

 Keeran in 1843,^ appear to be of the York mint : — 



1. Obv. EADEAR REX 

 Rev. DVRIGL EG MON 



2. Obv. EADGAR REX T 

 Rev. EOFER ARP MOT 



Eadweard II. OR THE Martyr. 975 to 978. 



His mints and moneyers are numerous. Of the coins struck 

 at York a single specimen is in the British Museum :^ 

 Obv. eadweard rex a 



Rev. DVN M-O EGFORWIC 



One other specimen of the same type is described in the 



J Kuding, Vol. II. p. 291. 2 Numism. Chron., Vol. VI. p. 213. 



3 Described by Kuding, Vol. IL p. 291. 



