211 



5. Obv. EDWARD BEX 



Rev. WINTERFVGL ON EOF 



Kuding describes two York specimens of the Pax type : — 



1. Obv. EADWARD REX 



Rev. SENEBRN ON EOFR, across the centre, pax^ 



2. Obv. EDWERD REX 



Rev. ciTGiL ONN EOEFRW. In the four quarters of the 

 cross, PACX 

 In this reign, halfpence and farthings were formed by cutting 

 the pennies into two or four pieces. Specimens of York coins 

 thus divided are in the British Museum. ^ 



Harold II. 1066. 



During the few months that the second Harold held the 

 sceptre, his mints were numerous and his coinages frequent. 

 The amount of the money coined at his York mint must have 

 been considerable, as Ruding mentions no less than nine 

 varieties of the manner of representing the name of Eoferwic. ^ 

 Eleven specimens are in the National Collection. The obverses 

 vary only in reading harold rex — ang — angl — anglo — 

 ANGLOR. The reverses are as follow : — 



1. ALEOF ON EOFER 



2. ERNCETEL ON EOF 



3. lOCETEL ON EOFER 



4. lOCETL ON EOFER 

 6. LEISINC ON EOFRI 



6. "OVTHGRIM ON EOF 



7. OVDVLF ON EOFERW 



8. "SNABEORN ON EON 



9. SVTERE ON EOFER 



10. 8WEARTC0L ON EOI 



11. °VLFCETEL ON EOF 



A hoard found in digging up the foundations of old houses 



' Extremely rare. Hawkins, p. 73. ^ Ibid, p. 74. 



3 Ruding, Vol. I. p. 145. None of the coins of Harold II. are mentioned by 

 M. Hildebrand to be in the Stockholm collection. The Museum of M. Seder con- 

 tained a small number, but none of the York mint. Cat. p. 33. 



