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<p>[QUOTE="robp, post: 4830938, member: 96746"]The reverse reading is ok for the moneyer which is LIFPIN (Lifwine) with the E missing. That's followed by ON. It's the next bit that is not clear. I'm inclined to think it is Exeter and not Chester. In P W P Carlyon-Britton's BNJ article of A Numismatic History of William I & II (BNJ vol.5, p.103) he lists 3 readings for Exeter moneyers, LIFPINE being IEX----- with the rest not present as the coin was chipped, though that coin reads LIFPINE with the E, so different dies. EDPINE ON IEXSE[C] is another, in fact almost all the coins listed for the two reigns read IEX..... with only a few reading EX etc</p><p><br /></p><p>That would make sense if the right hand upright of the N was also used as the I because the next letter looks to have a middle bar which would be E. However, it could just read EX with no I intended. That would leave the brighter high point in the image as an X, which in the context of lettering for this period would be a valid rendition. Whatever, I'm struggling to make a C after ON.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1168431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="robp, post: 4830938, member: 96746"]The reverse reading is ok for the moneyer which is LIFPIN (Lifwine) with the E missing. That's followed by ON. It's the next bit that is not clear. I'm inclined to think it is Exeter and not Chester. In P W P Carlyon-Britton's BNJ article of A Numismatic History of William I & II (BNJ vol.5, p.103) he lists 3 readings for Exeter moneyers, LIFPINE being IEX----- with the rest not present as the coin was chipped, though that coin reads LIFPINE with the E, so different dies. EDPINE ON IEXSE[C] is another, in fact almost all the coins listed for the two reigns read IEX..... with only a few reading EX etc That would make sense if the right hand upright of the N was also used as the I because the next letter looks to have a middle bar which would be E. However, it could just read EX with no I intended. That would leave the brighter high point in the image as an X, which in the context of lettering for this period would be a valid rendition. Whatever, I'm struggling to make a C after ON. [ATTACH=full]1168431[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]
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