203 



Monnaies Anglosaxonnes du Cabinet Royal de Stockliolm toutes 

 trouvees en Suede, of M. Hildebrand : ^ 



Obv. EADWEARD REX A 

 Rev. SVRCLOS M-0 EFER 



^THELRED II. 978 tO 1016. 



From the excellent work of M. Hildebrand, above referred 

 to, we derive more abundant and exact information respecting 

 the coins which issued from the York mint during this and the 

 following reigns, than from any other source. The volume 

 contains a minutely descriptive catalogue of the Anglo-Saxon 

 coins in the royal collection at Stockholm, which have been 

 discovered from time to time in Sweden, chiefly in the Eastern 

 provinces and upon the islands of Gothland and Oland. The 

 series extends from Eadgar to Edward the Confessor, and 

 comprises 4232 coins, of which more than one-tenth part were 

 struck at York.^ The coins of -^thelred II., Cnut, Harold I., 

 and Harthacnut, are much more numerous in Sweden than 

 in England, and it is obvious, M. Hildebrand observes, that 

 they were transmitted from this country directly to Denmark, 



' Published at Stockliolm in 1846. The author is " Directeur du Cabinet Eoyal 

 des MedaUles et des Antiquites en Sufede." 



2 The following table shows the total numbers of the coins of each reign, 

 described in M. Hildebrand's catalogue, and the specific numbers of those struck at 

 York and four other principal mints : — 



Whilst the catalogue was passing through the press, the Stockholm collection was 

 increased by 380 Anglo-Saxon coins, and further additions have since been made. 



