Penny of Baldred

The coin featured here is an Anglo-Saxon penny, which was discovered on the same field as another penny of roughly the same period last year. Both coins were found by Ian Darke, who wanted to know how rare his latest find is.

This penny is a coin of Baldred, who was King of Kent from circa 823 to 825 AD. On the obverse is a bust facing right and a legend reading BALDRED REX. Within the inner circle on the reverse is a wheel design made up of eight spokes and the legend on this side reads +EDEIMOD MONETA. Therefore, the moneyer is Ethelmod. Pennies of this type are said to have been struck at Rochester.

There are some very deceptive forgeries of Baldred pennies. This coin looks to be genuine but it would need to be checked out ‘in the flesh’ in order to be absolutely certain.

This is certainly an extremely rare coin, of which I could trace very few specimens. It’s also in better condition than most others I viewed.

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