of Ki«g P^--^^'^" i^t'd'^ -rtbe Ku^ieobaracters >n- 

 f'=^b;r|anaioav..nat.^^^^^^ 



Christianity «'^,^/,t^\°';,e«,y moch as it did 

 ADglo-Saxon fo^^'^^'^fTome but the reactionary 

 ^ith the Emperors of Komebu' ^^^^ ^^^^ ^^^_ 



niissionary tide t° °"/^°^^tiy after from Kome 

 land and tne oo^^'^^H^;^,^ jt as a matter of 



?r^ife,andformalj^y-nounceab^ 

 or winked at it. ';°^"J;^^,„Qdantly shown upon 

 strength of '^'°<>-. ^>,'' '" „ tho=<' of Mercia. On 

 the coinage e'pec »' J «P«° ^^ ^nd Pagan wor- 

 a coin of L^°'^l^"'ffXe^,oie,Druidical emblems, 

 ship is very evident : the circ.e .^ ^^,_ 



and the duplex entrance to the te P ^^^^ ^^^^ 



dent. The ^"f °' ^^ot tlste.^utwelook in vam 

 crude examples to those ott as , ^^j^. t(,e 



among them for other than a fancy P^ ^^^ ^^^ 

 obverses are in many cases^^^^^^ ^^ 

 designs are a ^^"^^ , j^ in no instance do 

 that preceded tbem al * >^ ^ ^^ ornament that 



thev introduce the r""" r-j„«ard. He reigned 

 distinguish those of his. on Edwear ^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^ 



f^"" fn«a^f XcH^h mberUnd. <fbo appears to 

 second Offa ot -^"luu y^giduary prince to 



have been at one time a sub^ ^^^^y^ ^._^^^^^ 



Halfden. Alfred b great opp j^.^^^ 



This Offa .s generaUy kuov^^^^^^ ^^ ^^^ 



r.utbrum the Dane. f^''|p^^t,jrunito d.. homage. 

 armiesinSTTandcompe^ed^uthrum ^^^^ ^^^^,^ 



He baptisedandre-oamean ^^^_.^,^y ^^p^„ 



of Halfden ^^estowed the northe ^^^^^^^^,„„e 

 y,rn. Ibere '^P™}'*dIoseof the first Ofta, King 

 of this Offa's coins <'''\^^°f ^^\te„ surrounding 

 of Mereia but there is uo myst^ y^. ^^^ 



the kiug_s themselves th^^^ j,„„ sTT-Sfli. At 

 Mercia7o9-.9b.Ofia nei ^^^^^ ^^^ ,„ 



coinage and from tbi^da'^;; ^^^.^^^ j^ 



Xuoierous coins have^ be«n ^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^ 



theircbaracter of workman hP ^^^ ^^^^^^ con- 

 to the iBt or 2nd Century le recognisable names 

 quest, some ot these h»'eje„ j^^^^^^_ 



ipon them, and thereto e can y ^_.^ 



others are -"^f ;^^,;d s-?-ts coins, and our 

 for the most^ P,^l\° ^Hf those of St. Peter, ;=t. 

 numismatic books speak ot t .^ ^^^^ 



Paul. St. Martin, ■'■°'i/° '°",,; no doubt, the 

 issued by these P^^^"°J' ^'^he nionarch allowed 

 true explanation IS that the ^^^ ^^^^^_ 



money to be struck by certam ^"Jj^, ^loneyers 

 bishops for use in their dioceses, ^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ 



used the titles TTi, el urcbes to distinguish 

 seals of their .Cathedral cnu ^^^ ^ 



the place ot issue, i°=^teaa oi ^^^^ ^1^3 



one or two of these we^ho'r ^^ ^^.^^ 



principal "hect depicted is the ^^^ ^^.^ ^.^^ 

 Wter. it is placed in the ce-it ^^^^^ ^^ 



the blundered lettering above ^^^^^^^^t^e 

 for Saint, on the reve-e.Enux^^^ ^^^^_^ ^_^ 



Saxon sword w.th ho»^ \ The reverse has 



mounted men from their horses. g^ p^ter is 



..BOB..C1, the .R;™\? "^.'^dtheCat''"-'^'*' isdedica- 

 ;l:^rhr.'¥h1:rnVm;nTinthem,ddieweshallex- 



pUindirectly^utincidentaAJym^Uon^tbatKas^ 

 ,eigh supposed t to represe ^^.^^ ^^ ^ 



hammer ot Thor tne F^ ^^^^^^ ,^3 



family. If this jeasonm 

 date 'would be about he year ;^^.^^ ^, 

 Rashleigh skips o^er tne s .^_ 



this coin actually combining m '<- ^j 



,,gnia of a S'^andit.avian god and t ^.^^^^^ ^^ 

 the Christian apostle. an impos^^oi ^^^^^d 



any such "-f^P-Xrl^'ttohiindred years. Some- 

 been dropped '^'""^■^ft^ness of the Archbisr.op is 

 times, but rarely, he ''^^"J^^i^^.t;, ^f Canterbury 

 placed upon hiscoms, and cem ^^^^ .^ 



certainly did -*„«" ° ou^d hfs he^ad whilst still 

 placing a halo of glory aroun episcopal coins a 



living. In manv of the later ep p ^.^^ ^^ .^ 

 buildingrepresenting achurch or p ^^^ ^^^ 



„,th windows, or even a doorway t ^^^ 



of the Alpha and Omega which -t*^ ^^^ ^^^ 



by-play by the old sem^^eat^«°^^^^^ ^^ ^^^^^^ 

 admittedly under Christian m ^_^j. ^ 



required, and we ^"Sf f* ^^p^'etatlon of the object 

 hammer is the correct nterpretat ,^ ^^^ 



you have had ^o ""^^''"yj'"' " ^0 and Montague 

 Lme thing, with a »loP;°« '°P^^\ explanation 

 calls it an auchor but without y J^ ^^^^^^ 

 why that article should be dep.c ^_^^ ^^^ ^^^ 

 shaped as it is, f. c^°°°* 'l^^^es °ad bat one flake 

 ''f 'Tir::' '\'?eTmo": sllghtly advanced 

 instead ot two. a -^ ^ore and 



objects taken trom different co 

 Jre nearly represent a form otArc^h^ ^^^^^^ ^ 



deed some must be <*°'?"''-; <.tj,e was im- 

 building, Later °n the p^t-^.^^ 



proved upon »°*^ *''\„''rch or something 

 put their Cathedral churcn, ^^^^^_ 



^aliue to it upon ^^J'^ijCrydiKcuU \o apportion 

 minster Abbey. It i^^"', ^ ,,een hitherto 



these coins correctly, and ha» not ^^ ^^^ 



attempted, but th« Xeltly accurate to help u. 

 Confessors tomb is s»*-yenny ^j^e building 



name theohiectintended,espec.ally a ^^ ^^^ 



i. connected with the name o^ Uie^B ^^^P^^^ 

 diocese, who, by the way. ^ ^ but often 



Westminster, '""i/' °'^'i^'assi-n any particular 

 enough we are not able to assi y^^ ^^ ^^^ 



rnlrkraStreldeT which may stand for 



-i^^^-^^r'oft.eOl.rch^i-otaUo^ 



(excepting when Archbishops^ to pi ^^ ^^^^ 



Besses "P-,™°-h>eirmiTnrast°ers belonged to the 



the public that their mini <,,,dence or the 



Church, namely, the hau^ 01 P n^i^nedwith 



hand of blessing. The co'°^ ■'^^^^^eYormerly thought 



St. Peter's name "P°°'Xpap'ltribute known as 



to have been struck tor the pap ^^^^ ^j Me3,,„g 



Peter's pence and these w't^t jound in 



upon them also.but a' rion«havee ^^ ^^^ ^^^,^ 



Kome, where -Pf^f^^^'J^Z du" "?• the idea is 

 have from time to time been^a^„ ^_^^,^^ ^.^^^ 



not now entertainea_ ^^^^ ^j^i„gd 



ascended the throne of EngUndt y ^^^ ^^^ 



:t:yX;<:^K^« SLTrPn, under which the 

 ^iratic^l vessels used to sail. 



