Wigmund (archbishop of York)

Wigmund was a medieval Archbishop of York, was consecrated in 837 and died in 854.[1]

Wigmund
Archbishop of York
Gold solidus of Wigmund
Elected837
Term ended854
PredecessorWulfsige
SuccessorWulfhere
Orders
Consecration837
Personal details
Died854

Coinage

During the ninth century, both kings of Northumbria and archbishops of York minted styca coinage.[2] Historian Stewart Lyon estimated that Wigmund produced coinage from between 837 to 846.[3] The coins issued by Wigmund were minted by a number of moneyers, including Aethelweard, Hunlaf and Coenred.[2] Unique and separate from the copper-alloy, mass-produced stycas, is a gold solidus, produced by Wigmund potentially as an ecclesiastical gift.[4]

  • Reverse of Wigmund solidus
  • Plate from 1899 (publication date of Grueber's book) or earlier
  • Solidus mounted for display.
  • Styca of Archbishop Wigmund
  • Styca of Wigmund: moneyer Edilveard
  • Styca of Wigmund: moneyer Coenred
  • Styca of Wigmund: moneyer Coenred - found in Norfolk
  • Lead alloy weight with inset styca of moneyer Edelhelm, who struck for both Archbishop Wigmund and King Osberht of Northumbria (we do not know which ruler was on the obverse of the coin).

Citations
  1. Fryde, et al. Handbook of British Chronology p. 224
  2. Pirie, Elizabeth J. E. (Elizabeth Jean Elphinstone), 1932-2005. (1996). Coins of the Kingdom of Northumbria c.700-867 in the Yorkshire collections : the Yorkshire Museum, York, the University of Leeds, the City Museum, Leeds. Llanfyllin, Powys: Galata. ISBN 0-9516671-4-9. OCLC 38338882.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Kay, Richard (1 January 1983). "Wulfsige and Ninth-Century Northumbrian Chronology". Northern History. 19 (1): 8–14. doi:10.1179/nhi.1983.19.1.8. ISSN 0078-172X.
  4. Pirie, E J E (2006). "The Coinage of Northumbria, 670-876". Coinage And History in the North Sea World, C. AD 500-1250: Essays in Honour of Marion Archibald. Brill. p. 216. ISBN 9789004147775.

References
  • Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I. (1996). Handbook of British Chronology (Third revised ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
Christian titles
Preceded by
Wulfsige		 Archbishop of York
837-854		 Succeeded by
Wulfhere
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