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Hertfordshire HER
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| HHER Number: | 4004 |
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| Type of record: | Monument |
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| Name: | APPROXIMATE SITE OF ANGLO-SAXON MINT, HERTFORD |
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Summary
Coins were minted in Hertford from c.925 to 1100 AD
Monument Types
- MINT (Late Saxon to Medieval - 870 AD to 1500 AD)
Full description
The earliest coins from the Hertford mint were struck under Athelstan (AD 925-939). Coins were then struck under the following rulers: Ethelred II (979-1016); Cnut the Great (1016-1035); Harold I (1035-1040) and William I or II (1066-1100) <1>. The site of the actual mint is not known, and they are not common.
OS Records (Index). SHT8223.
Anon, 1950, (Note) Hertford: the Saxon mint; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 13/1 (1950), 60 (Article in serial). SHT8407.
<1> British Numismatic Journal, 3 (1906), 165; 6 (1909), 174; 15 (1919), 27; 16 (1921), 28; 19 (1927), 39 (Serial). SHT2157.
Sources and further reading
| --- | Index: OS Records. |
| --- | Article in serial: Anon. 1950. (Note) Hertford: the Saxon mint; Trans East Herts Archaeol Soc 13/1 (1950), 60. |
| <1> | Serial: British Numismatic Journal. 3 (1906), 165; 6 (1909), 174; 15 (1919), 27; 16 (1921), 28; 19 (1927), 39. |
Related records
| 9828 | Part of: SOUTHERN SAXON BURH, HERTFORD (Monument) |
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