207 



Cnut. 1016 to 1035. 



The coins of Cnut are extant in great abundance. The 

 number of his mints exceeded seventy, ^ and the varieties of 

 moneyers' names aflforded by M. Hildebrand's catalogue alone 

 amount to five hundred and thirty five, of which the following 

 are upon coins struck at York : — 



The 366 York pennies of Cnut found in a hoard of treasure 

 which was disinterred at Halton Moor near Lancaster in the 

 year 1815,^ give us the following additional names of York 

 moneyers : — 



1 Mr. Ruding observes, (Vol. I. p. 137,) that " Cnut' s mints in England were 

 more numeroiis than those of any other of her monarchs," and hence he infers that 

 a considerable influx of wealth took place diiring his reign. We learn &om Hilde- 

 brand's catalogue that the mints of ^thelstan were equal in number to those of his 

 successor. 



* This mark denotes that finding's general list contains the same names. Annals, 

 Vol. I. p. 109. 



' See An Accoimt of some Saxon Antiquities found near Lancaster, By Taylor 

 Combe, Esq. Archseologia, Vol. XVIII. p. 199. 



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