REPOR LARGA N O TE HOAR F ANGLO-SAXODO N PENNIES SILVERN I , , FOUND IN THE ISLAND OF ISLAY; BY W. H. SCOTT, ESQ., F.S.A. SCOT. larg"A e hoar Anglo-Saxof do n pennie founds fare swa 1850 n th f i m, o n o , Mackrie parise th Kildaltonn f hi o , , islan Islayf do whicf o , h onl smalya l part was recovered from the finders by the Scottish Exchequer. By the kindness gentlemee ofth Exchequere lamentey th m f f no o d friendan , late th e, Alex- ander Macdonald curatore Museumr th , n f Esq.ou a o f lond o e so s ,ha gon ,I opportunit cataloguinf yo coine gth s thus acquired.1 " The coins recovered by the Exchequer comprised ninety entire pennies, a numbe fragmentsf ro fragmena , t apparentl t Peter'S f yo s penny fraga d -an , ment of a Cufic dirhem, in addition to which the Society afterwards acquired 1 The duplicate coins were distributed to the British Museum, the Society of Antiquaries of Newcastle-on-Tyne, and various Scottish local Museums. ANTIQUARIES OP SCOTLAND. 75 two by purchase. Four lumps of silver, apparently intended for circulation, also accompanied the coins, and from what I have since learned, there is reason believo t e that many more such were found penniese Th . , with five exceptions, belong to the reigns of ^Ethelstan, Eadmund, Eadred, Eadwig, and Eadgar. Thos Eadgaf eo r are, mose howeverth r t numerousfa y b , exceptione Th . s are, penna Anlaff yo r Onlafo , Northumbriaf o , foud an ,r uncertain, which wile lb afterwards mentioned. I have incorporated in the catalogue such of the frag- ments as were sufficiently legible; and the legends of the whole are given, as nearly as possible, in the proper characters." ONLAF, r ANLAF>o , King f Northwr&ria.o ONTA-F'R-E-* . 1 ^ Small cross. R. FARMONMONE. Small cross. Mr Lindsay gives the moneyer FARMAN t saybu , t smori e resembles FARHA s n mosi No M t coinse Th . certai thin no s coin. Sole Monarchs. JElHELSTAN. ^EDELX1 T ..... retrograde. Crowned bust. R. XFB (ERIEENOO )E retrograde. Small cross. Broken. LBERTEI hav . e supplieEO N EO e dth missing letters from Ruding. 2. ....... AN-RE-T . Rosette. O . R. .....0-N-L-E-E--E- Square formed of nine pellets. Broken. 3. ....... TANRE •£( TOBR. Small cross. R. ...... X • MO • LEE-EE. Small cross. Broken. 4. ........ REX • TO • BR. Small cross. R. REE-N ...... Small cross. Broken. Museue Th m contain coisa n which give complete th s e legend REGNALD• MO • EFORWIC, though different in type. 5. ^EDELXTAN REX. Small cross. R. PITIT • MONE in two lines, between which three small crosses. Ruding give moneyee th s r PITIL. Pro- beed cois bablfinae hi ha n th n yreversedT li ofteo s s na , happen Saxon so n coins. 6 7 PEOCBEDING SOCIETE TH F SV O Y 0 EADMUND. EADMVN1 . SmaDRE U cross . R J3LFVINE. lineso - tw be ,M n i tween which: three crosses. Lindsay give same sth e name. t wit V Saxo e r bu ,h th fo nP 2. FDAEMVND RE^i. SmaU cross. R. OXVL FMOI in two lines, between which three crosses. 3. EADM ...... Crowned head. R ...... T MONI• . Cros- po s tence. A quarter. f considerable typo s Th i e e rarity t thibu ,s fragmenimportanco n f o s i t e from the state of the legend. EADRED. 1. EADRED REX. Diademed head to right. R. MANIA MONETV »J< Small cross. Sam2 e legend. Small cross . R OLE. N line'so VNRtw , n i betweeI n which three crosses e legenTh .retrogrades di . Beginning below, this reads VNRI OLEN. Sam3 e obverse . PVLFKARER . X MOT. Same type. This cois nwa acquired by purchase for the Museum. 4. EADRE .... Same type. R. HV • RE- (HVNRED) in two lines, as above. Broken. 5. Same obverse . .. .;. D E .. (BOGAE RBO . SMONE• aboves )a . Halfcoin. EADWIG'. ..... 1. EADPin REX. Small cross, B. .EXEVLF • MO in two lines, be- tween which three crosses. 2. EADPID REXL Same type. ft. HERIIiERMO. Same type. , EADGAR. Types. DiademeA d bust to right. R. Cross, between four small crosses. B. Bust. -R. Small cross. C. Small cros botn so h sides. SmalD l cross . linesNamo R . tw ,n e i betwee n »JO whichL <E O . 1 , 2. OT»I<EO 3. 0»J<0 4. ANTIQUARIE7 7 SCOTLANDF SO . Type. E. Rosette on both sides. F. Rosette. IJ,. Name in two lines, be- tween which three rosettes. Obverse legends.— REXe c REEADE-AR IX IA E dRE ZRE R > a /REXI g REXII h REXANELOR i REXD k KE^t I RE»J<I TO RE >J< TI TO EX o ^ ADEARRE. Ther e numerouar e s varietie f thesso e legends, with crescents, pellets, &c., which it would be difficult and useless to detail exactly. In the case of the types D, 1 and 2,1 repeat the letters LE and TE, as will be seen below. Wher commencine eth g cross, whic hI hav e omitted s usei , d als completo t e the word REX havI , e give legene n th simply E dR . Type. Legend. ADELAVE• k • 4 Severa O D RM . 1 l specimens. d ADL 4 D hHVN • O. • 2 k .ELFXII2. *B MONETr• E AB • 3. Dl . .ELFXIE--M-LE a ^ELFXIE--M 3 D 4. O 5. D3 a ^ELFXIE-MON . ^LFXTAN-M-L l D 6. E k PEERE A . 7 D • MO • LOND EIFIT• A- c AXFERD-MON C . 8 - k BIORI 4 D T . 9 k BOIL- 4 MOT • e sam D AX Th • s BOGAE . e.a 10 SEadred• , 4 . No , and BOIA • MONE • LE in Mr SainthiU's Olla Podrida, p. 106. 11. D 4 k BRIL • • • Ruding has BRITFER. Lindsay gives BRTLER, which corresponds to this coin. 12. D 4 k EAPELI • MO. The coin is slightly oxidised at the com- mencemen legende I cannoth f d o t certaian e , b t n whether the first letter is E, E, or D. I think it is E. The other letters are quite clear. 13. D 4 k EOPMAN • M. Lindsay gives a coin with LOWMAN, whic probabls hi yblundea engravee th f ro EOPMAN r rfo a sRudingn i here d an , . Ther a das s i he after theP here, which would see mmako t name eth e CORMAN? 14. Dl a DEORVLAF • M • LE 15. D 2 a DEORVLF • MO • TE 1 oD . DREDLA16 retrograde.E •L M F • O DVDEMVNOETIT C . 17 • (DVDI E MONET) A• 78 PROCEEDINGS OF THE SOCIETY OF Type. Legend. 18. C k DVRAND MONE . d19C . DVRAND MONE n fielI .d three pellets, beside e usuasth l cross. DVRAN 4 D • . DM 20 a DVRMO 1 D E . L D• 21 k . EANVLF-M D22 4 O 23. E k EOFERARD MOT 24. Da 2EOFRLF-MO-T E 25. Dl a EOLOD-M-LE 26. Da EOROD-M-Ll E 27 a . FARMA-M D4 O 28. C k FAXTOLF^MON. Several specimens, mostly broken. k FAXTOL C . F29 wholeMOIe brokene On .on , . 30. C i FAXTOL • • • • .Broken. a FRODRIE-M-L l D . 31 E k E-ILYX E . - MONE32 T 33. D 4 Jc DRID • MONE. Five specimens. ' . C . h 34 E-RIM MONET• A BEDAFO• . additionan a Thi s sha l small cross in field. 35. Dl a, E-YLLIX-LE 36. D 4 k •/ HERIE-ER • MO. Four specimens. e HEROLFMONET 370 . - 38. C I HEROLF^EXMOT k INE-OL 4 D O . FM 39 4 k-D . INE-OL40 V FM 41. D 4 d INEOL^FIR? 42. D 4 k IVE • MONET. Two specimens. 43. C d LEOFI • • • • • MON. -Broken. Lindsay gives LEO- FINCES. 44. D 2 a LEOFVVIN-TE 45 k . LEVLL-MO D4 T 46. D4 a, MAE-VS-MOT 47. Dl b MAN- MON • LE 48. D 4 n MAN-MON. Broken. 49. D 4 a-d-ftMANAN-MO. Four specimens. 49.* F a MANIN • MO. This coin, belonging to the same hoard, was acquire purchasy d b Museume th r efo . « . MANOLET- D50 4 M ANTIQUARIE9 7 SCOTLANDF SO . Type. Legend. d MARE-E 3 D O . RM 51 52. Dl k MARTIN-LE . D53 l .a MELXVDA-M-LE. Ruding reads. MELSVTHANt bu , MELSVTHA • M is, I think, preferable. 54 a . MONNA-M-T D2 E 55. D 4 k MORE-NR • M. Ruding reads MORE-NP. There is a stroke , whicP afte e hth r seem mak. o st R t ei k MVNDEI-M 4 D . 56 O g OXVVALD-MON C . 57 H 58. Da TEOBIE-MO-Ll E a DVRMOD-L l 59D . E 60. D 3 • 4 a DVRMOD. Two specimens. 61. D 4 k VNBEMI ? MO. Ruding gives VNBEIN, a specimen of whic s previouslhwa Museume th n yi . Thi sI thin k dif- ferent. 62 k . PINEM D4 R -MO. Ruding reads "WTNENR, and either reading will do, from the indeterminate forms of the N, M, or H, Saxoe onth n coins. 63. D 4 a VVLP • • • • Broken. 64. B a • • • • • ETAMI • • • (• • • • MONETA • MI). Broken. " There were numerous fragmentf o s no importance, from the small number of letters remaining. The names Heriger, Pastolf, Thurmod ? and Adelaver, are traceable upo crossa SVId d nha eacn i an I,e someh On quarter. f whico h a large pellet. R. indistinct, but apparently of the sword type. This, I be- lieve, is a fragment of a St Peter's penny.