Harthacnut 1035-1042 Hardicanute, King of England and Denmark, was the son of Cnut, and succeeded his father on the Danish throne in 1039; and at the same time laid claim to that of England, which had devolved to his half-brother, Harold. A compromise was effected, by which he governed the southern part of the kingdom during […]

Harold I Silver Penny 1035-1040 Currently under construction Monetary System DENOMINATIONS AR Silver Penny Monetary History of the World © Martin A. Armstrong

Cnut Silver Penny 1016-1035 Cnut was a Danish king who invaded England during the 11th century. It was during the reign of King Aethelred II”the Unready”, the English attempted to hold the Danish invaders off by paying them tribute known at the time as “Danegeld.” Athelred II’s English subjects were hence heavily taxed and moral was […]

Aethelred II Silver Penny “The Unready” 978-1016 Aethelred II (Ethelred) was the son of Eadgar, succeeded his brother, Edward the Martyr, in 979, and, for his want of vigour and capacity, was surnamed the Unready. He paid a tribute to the Danes, raised by a tax called Danegelt, levied on his subjects. To free himself from this […]

Edward the Martyr 975-978 Edward the Martyr was the son of Eadgar. Edward was named after his grandfather Edward the Elder and was a direct decendent of Alfred the Great. Following the death of his father in 975, Edward became King of England while he was still a very young man. The throne this passed to his younger brother Aethelred […]

Eadgar “The Peaceable” 959-975 Eadgar was the son of Eadmund and the grandson of Edward the Elder and thus the great-grandson of Alfred the Great (871-899) who first began the quest to unite England under one rule. It was Eadgar who reconquered the Danelaw, a region bound by Watling Street, which they retained following their defeat in 878 by Alfred the […]

Kings of Wessex 732-900 AD Monetary System 871, at a time when the Danes, or Norsemen, had extended their conquests widely over the country; they had completely overrun the Kingdom of the West Saxons (or Wessex) by 878. Alfred, the king of Wessex, was obliged to flee in disguise. At length he gathered a small […]

Vikings 878-954 AD Monetary System The monetary system employed by the Vikings within England was based upon the European silver penny first introduced to Europe as the silver “denier” in France by Pepin in 755 AD (house of Charlemagne). We find that this new restoration of the old Roman denarius quickly spread throughout Europe and England was no exception. The English translation […]

Kings of East Anglia 758-870 AD The monetary system employed by the Kings of East Anglia at first was based upon the silver sceat However, we also find that this area underwent a shift to the silver penny in the post 765 AD era. The silver penny was first introduced to Europe as the silver “denier” in France by Pepin in […]

Kings of Mercia Silver Penny of Offa 757-880 AD Monetary System The monetary system employed by the Kings of Mercia was that of the silver penny. This relatively new denominations was first introduced to Europe as the silver “denier” in France by Pepin in 755 AD (house ofCharlemagne). We find that this new restoration of the old Romandenarius quickly spread […]