Numismatic History of the Reigns E D W a R D I., Ii., a N D Iii
NUMISMATIC HISTORY OF THE REIGNS OF EDWARD I., II., AND III.—{Continued.) BY H. B. EARLE Fox AND SHIRLEY Fox. OPPOSITE this page will be found a plate showing the principal types of those pennies of Edward I. which bear his own name, arranged in chronological order. As it is impossible to figure all the intermediate varieties, which merge almost imperceptibly one into another, the coins have been divided into groups, each of which possesses distinct characteristics, and can be recognised without much difficulty. GROUP I (Nos. 1-4), 1279. Title Rex not abbreviated, except on No. 4. Mints : London only. GROUP II (Mo. 5). Earlier part of 12S0. Letter N always retrograde = H, a peculiarity not found on any subsequent issue of Edward I. Mints: royal, London, Bristol, Canterbury, York ; ecclesiastical, Durham. GROUP III (Nos. 6-13). About July, 1280, to the autumn of 1281, when the royal provincial mints (with the exception of Canterbury), were closed. Mints : 6, London only. 7, royal, London, Bristol, Canterbury, York ; ecclesiastical, Durham. 8, royal, London, Bristol, Canterbury, Lincoln, York; ecclesiastical, Durham. 9, royal, London, Bristol, Lincoln ; ecclesiastical, St. Edmund's. 10, royal, Newcastle, York ; ecclesiastical, Durham, York. The dies for this type, which does not occur at southern mints, were probably made at York. 11, London, Canterbury. 12, royal, London, Bristol, Canterbury, Lincoln, York. 13, royal, London, Bristol, Canterbury, Chester, Lincoln ; ecclesiastical, Durham, St. Edmund's. GROUP IV (Nos. 14-18). Circ. 1282 to 1289. No. 15 is the earliest type issued by Bishop Antony Bek, and is therefore subsequent to September, 1283.
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