Please post the pictures of your hammered coins for the BCPI - II competition. All entries must be in by 22July05. The competition begins on 25July05. Good luck and enter as many coins as you'd like. Great competition and great prizes ahead.

1247-1272 Henry III Silver Penny Longcross, London mint.


AE Sceat of Aethelred II, King of Northumbria 841-844 AD. Obv: EDLLRED REX Rev: EANRED (moneyer)

all I can say is WOW!

I'll enter these on here Art rather than as arranged earlier.


Edward the Elder (899-924) Silver 'Two Line' Type Penny

Obv; EADWEARD REX
Rev; BONVS HOMOMO (Good Man) [who was the moneyer]



Omnicoin link;

Edward the Elder



Henry II (1154-1189) Silver Short Cross Penny, minted 1180-1189

Obv; HENRICVS REX
Rev; GOLCELM ON WINC (Gocelm of Winchester)




Omnicoin link;


Henry II



Cnut (1016-1035) Silver Short Cross Penny

Obv; CNUT REX
Rev; BRUNSTAN ÐEOD (Brunstan of Thetford)



Omnicoin link;

Canute



Æthelstan (924-939) Silver 'Two Line' Type Penny.

Obv; ÆÐELSTAN REX
Rev; ASULF NEN (Asulf) [the moneyer of this issue]





Omnicoin link;

Æthelstan

Here's another one;


Henry VI Annulet Issue silver Halfpenny (1422-7)

(Annulets are the small round circles on the reverse)





Obv; HENRIC REX ANGL (Henry King of England)
Rev; CIVITAS LONDON (City of London)

Henry VI

And one last hammered coin to fill the last vacancy to make it an even number.

Henry III (1216-1272) Long Cross Penny, William of Canterbury





Henry III