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was conquered by Offa, and it was by his authority that this 

 archbishop was allowed to issue coins. 



Aethilheard, Wulfred, and Pleginund, Archbishops of 

 Canterbury, a.d. 793-914. — Nine pennies. 



Beonna, King of East Anglia, Circ. A.D. 760. — A silver 

 Sceat with inscr. partly in Runic characters. 



Half dan, King of Northumbria, a.d. 875-877. — A unique 

 coin of the highest historical importance as it was struck in 

 London in A.D. 872, when Halfdan held the city for a short 

 time before his assumption of regal power in Northumbria. 

 The monogram of the name of London on the reverse was 

 afterwards copied on the coins of Alfred the Great. 



Ecgbeorht, King of Wessex, A.D. 802-839. — A unique penny 

 figured in B. M. Gat. Vol. II., p. 4. 



Alfred the Great, King of Wessex, a.d. 871-901. — A unique 

 penny struck at London {B. M. Gat. II., p. 35) and another, 

 also unique (ibid. p. 34), of the same type as the coin of 

 Halfdan above described. 



Aethelstan, King of Wessex, a.d. 925-940. — A unique 

 penny struck at Darenth in Kent, and another struck at York 

 with a view of the tower of the Minster. 



Eadraund, King of Wessex, a..t>. 940-946.— A unique penny 

 of the Exeter Mint. 



Eadwig, King of Wessex, a.d. 955-959. — Two unique 

 pennies, struck at Exeter and Hereford. 



Eadgar, King of England, a.d. 959-975. — Three unique 

 pennies of the Dover, Newport (Shropshire?) and York 

 Mints. 



Eadweard II. {the Martyr), a.d. 975-979. — A unique penny 

 of the Canterbury Mint {B.M. Gat. II., p. 192). 



Aethelraed II., a.d. 979-1016. — Twenty-eight pennies of 

 new types and various mints. 



Cnut, A.D. 1016-1035 ; Harold 1., A.D. 1035-1040; Hartha- 

 cnut, A.D. 1040-1042 ; and Eadtceard the Gonfessor, A.D. 

 1042-1066, and Harold II., 1066.— A large series of coins 

 bearing names of Mints and Types new to the Museum. 



Harold II., a.d. 1066. — A penny struck at Chelsea, the 

 only coin known of this mint. 



Williarii the Gonqueror and Williavi Rufus. — Many new 

 varieties of silver pennies. 



Henry II. — A unique penny of Chichester. 



0.125. Stephen. 



