Monument record 0181100000 - AYLESBURY

Summary

Unlocated site of late Saxon mint at Aylesbury, in production in the eleventh century.

Protected Status/Designation

  • None recorded

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Type and Period (1)

  • MINT (11th Century - 1000 AD to 1099 AD)

Description

THERE WAS A MINT AT AYLESBURY DURING THE REIGNS OF ETHELRED II (1014-23) CNUT (1016-35) & EDWARD THE CONFESSOR (1042-66) (B1,B3). SILVER PENNIES FROM THE AYLESBURY MINT HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE CHANCTON HOARD, SUSSEX, DUNBRODY, CO WEXFORD, & WALBROOK LONDON (B2). BUCKINGHAM MINT- SEE CASS 0210.

Sources (4)

  • <1>SBC1925 Bibliographic reference: BROOKE GC 1932 ENGLISH COINS P69.
  • <2>SBC15083 Bibliographic reference: THOMPSON JDA 1956 INVENTORY OF BRITISH COIN HOARDS PP27, 54, 98.
  • <3>SBC4269 Bibliographic reference: DOLLEY RHM 1961 ANGLO-SAXON COINS P146 (RHM DOLLEY & DM METCALF REFORM OF THE ENGLISH COINAGE UNDER .
  • <4>SBC903 Unpublished document: BCM ACCESSIONS REGISTER.

Location

Grid reference SP 818 138 (point)
Civil Parish AYLESBURY, Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire

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Record last edited

Nov 25 2004 11:21AM

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