Monument record TR 34 SW 228 - Early medieval and medieval mint
Summary
Location
Grid reference | TR 3200 4100 (point) Approximate |
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Map sheet | TR34SW |
County | KENT |
District | DOVER, KENT |
Civil Parish | DOVER, DOVER, KENT |
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Full Description
[TR 32 41 - sited to place name only] Medieval and Early medieval mint, Dover. There was a mint at Dover before 940. After the Conquest the production of coinage was very steady from 1066 until 1100 except for one issue of William I around 1080-1083. The number of moneyers decreased with time until by the reign of Stephen only one moneyer, Adam, is known, and by 1158 the Dover mint had closed (1)
Taken from source:
Mint founded in .Ethelstan's reign (925-39) Reign: AEthelred II. Variant Spellings of the moneyer's name, Kinsey: CENSIE, CENSIGE, CINSI, CINSIGE, CUNSIGE, CYNSIGE, CYNSIE, GENSIGE, GINSIGE. (b) Reign: Cnut. Spelling of moneyer''s name, Kinsey: CINSIGE, CINSIGGE, CINSYGE, CINSIGE, CYNSIG. Kinsey was the name of a moneyer who operated at Dover between c. 997 and c. 1035, and instances are found of coins of all types throughout this period except Agnus Dei of .Ethelred II and the very provisional types of Cnut. It is interesting to note that there is no example of a quatrefoil type of Cnut which is generally accepted to have been minted between 1017 and 1023. Were there therefore two moneyers of this name at Dover—one in AEthelred II's reign and the other in Cnut's ? Other moneyers at this mint who might have been related to Kinsey were Cenric (c. 993) and Cynstan. There were probably two moneyers of the latter name, for coins are found bearing this name from the beginning of the reign of Cnut to the end of that of William I (i.e. from c. 1018 to c. 1084). It should be noted that we do not find the Kentish spellings of the moneyer's name, Censige and Censie, on coins after the Helmet type of yEthelred II, which were presumably minted from dies made at the provincial die-centre at Canterbury. This would be in line with Mr. Dolley's view that the provincial die-cutting centre at Canterbury ceased to exist c. 1011 (B.N.J, xxvii (1954)). The coins in the Hermitage Museum, Leningrad, and the Royal Collection at Stockholm show in the obverse legend a reduplication or homoeoteleuton on the part of the die-cutter. It should not be read as King of the Danes.(2)
R. S. Kinsey, 1958, ANGLO-SAXON LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO MINTS AND MONEYERS With Particular Reference to the Mints of Chichester, London, Dover, and Northampton and the Moneyer(s) Cynsige or Kinsey. (Article in serial). SKE32121.
D. Hill, 1980, An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England (Monograph). SKE58529.
<1> KAR 84 1986 86 (D Holman) (OS Card Reference). SKE45454.
<1> David Holman, 1986, Kent Archaeological Review: The Norman Mints of Kent. Vol. 84, KAR 84 1986 86 (D Holman) (Article in serial). SKE31837.
Sources/Archives (4)
- --- SKE32121 Article in serial: R. S. Kinsey. 1958. ANGLO-SAXON LAW AND PRACTICE RELATING TO MINTS AND MONEYERS With Particular Reference to the Mints of Chichester, London, Dover, and Northampton and the Moneyer(s) Cynsige or Kinsey.. Vol. 29 pp. 12-50.
- --- SKE58529 Monograph: D. Hill. 1980. An Atlas of Anglo-Saxon England.
- <1> SKE31837 Article in serial: David Holman. 1986. Kent Archaeological Review: The Norman Mints of Kent. Vol. 84. Vol 84 (summer 1986) pp. 82-88. KAR 84 1986 86 (D Holman).
- <1> SKE45454 OS Card Reference: KAR 84 1986 86 (D Holman).
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Record last edited
May 16 2025 11:52AM