Cut halfpenny of Edward the Confessor

This is another coin from the group sent in by Darren Clarke. The group included a wide range of finds.

This is an Anglo-Saxon cut halfpenny dating from the reign of Edward the Confessor. It’s an example of the expanding cross type so it will have being struck between AD 1050 and 1053.

On the reverse the legend reads +BRVNPIN so the moneyer will be Brunwine. I cannot be certain about the mint at which this coin was struck. However, after doing some deeper research I traced only two mints – Stamford and Wallingford – at which an official named Brunwine was a moneyer.

Valuation

I’d grade this cut halfpenny as nearly VF but, as I have said on many previous occasions, cut coins are worth far less than whole pennies. This is a nice example but my price range would be no higher than £70-80.

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