CONTENTS The coinage of Rues, by R. K R E T Z 1 Coins in context: coinage and votive deposition in Iron Age south-east Leicestershire,

by I. LEINS 22 Runic sceattas reading EPA, types R l and R2, by D.M. M E T C A L F 49 The coinage of ^ t h e l r e d 1 (865-871), by A.W. LYONS and W.A. MACKAY 71 Presidential Address 2006. Currency under the Vikings. Part 3: Ireland, Wales,

Isle of M a n and Scotland in the ninth and tenth centuries, by M.A.S. B L A C K B U R N 119

Anglo-Saxon law and numismatics: a reassessment in the light of Patrick Wormald's The making of English law, by E. SCREEN 150

The mint of Aylesbury, by W.N. C L A R K E and D.J. SYMONS 173 The proportions of the denominations in English mint outputs, 1351-1485,

by M. A L L E N 190 'Gold is the strength, the sinnewes of the world': continental gold and Tudor

England, by R. K E L L E H E R 210 The Castlecary hoard and the Civil War currency of Scotland, by D. BATESON 226 'Peter' Skidmore: the man who never was, by D.W. DYKES 246

SHORT ARTICLES A N D NOTES The discovery of the Lightcliffe hoard, by P. D E JERSEY 264 New moneyers in iEthelred II's Benediction Hand type, by K. B O R N H O L D T

COLLINS and E. SCREEN 270 The Milford Haven hoard of Henry I, by E. BESLY 277 Two notes on Stephen BMC type 7, by M. A L L E N and T.G. WEBB WARE 279 Some late Richard nobles, by L O R D STEWARTBY and T.G. WEBB WARE 281 The debased coinage of 1492, by P.R. CAVILL 283 Fruiterers' tokens: an unrecognised series of London artefacts, by P. M E R N I C K 286 Leonard Wyon's small Sir William Browne Medal for Greek and Latin epigrams,

by H. PAGAN 292 A Druids ' medal of 1806, by D.J. SYMONS 297 A missing link: how Taylor made the 1807 proof halfpenny obverse die,

by R.J. PEARCE 301

C O I N R E G I S T E R 2007 307

REVIEWS P. de Jersey (ed.), Celtic coinage: new discoveries, new discussion (J. Sills) 342 B. Cook and G. Williams (eds), Coinage and History in the North Sea World

c. AD 500-1250. Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald (Lord Stewartby) 343 T. Abramson, Sceattas, an Illustrated Guide. Anglo-Saxon Coins and Icons

(D.M. Metcalf) 345 R.J. Eaglen, The Abbey and Mint of Bury St Edmunds to 1279 (P. Woodhead) 346 P. and B.R. Withers, The Pennies of Edward I and II and the Coins of the Mint

of Berwick-upon-Tweed (R. Kelleher) 348 N.M.McQ. Holmes, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, 58: Scottish Coins in the

National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh. Part I, 1526-1603 (J.D. Bateson) 349 I.D. Brown, C.H. Comber and W. Wilkinson, The Hammered Silver Coins produced

at the Tower during the Reign of Elizabeth I (M.B. Sharp) 351 S. Menzel, Cobs, Pieces of Eight and Treasure Coins. The Early Spanish-American

Mints and Their Coinages 1536-1773 (D.J. Symons) 351 J. Whitmore, The Token Collectors Companion (P. Withers) 352 M. Finlay, The Mining and related Tokens of West Cumberland (C. Farthing) 353

PRESIDENT'S REVIEW OF THE YEAR 200 P R O C E E D I N G S O F T H E BRITISH N U M I S M A T I C SOCIETY 357 The Nor th Book Prize Regulations 358 Presentation of the John Sanford Saltus medal for 2005 to Peter Woodhead 359

REPORT O F T H E TRUSTEES 361

The British Numismatic Society 367

Abbreviations 367

I N D E X 369

Plates 379