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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Assur, post: 1592494, member: 25244&quot;]Stephen pennies are always my favourates. I got this one recently. Maybe not the best example but it is worthy of discussion. Here I attached its photos. You can read the moneyer as PILLEM so Willem. But the mint signiture is too weak. I believe the last letter of the mint signiture is an S. You can find the S just before the initial mark from the reverse.</p><p>[ATTACH]222196.vB[/ATTACH][ATTACH]222197.vB[/ATTACH]</p><p>Now the question comes. If it is surely an S, what mint is it? As I know, Canterbury, Launceston, Lewes and several other mints had the moneyer PILLEM of the first type of Stephen coinage. But if it is an S, I think only Launceston fits as it reads LANS. No other mint of PILLEM will has an S in their signitures, and other mints of S had no PILLEM. </p><p>So I&#039;m believing it is from Launceston. But another question comes. All dies of Launceston PILLEM pennies read PILLEM:ON:LANSA. I haven&#039;t found any die with LANS. No letter except the probable S of the mint signiture can be visible. What a pity!</p><p>What do you think of it, my friends?</p><p>Assur[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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