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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;SwK, post: 2393050, member: 22309&quot;]Please add any further known information</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]491806[/ATTACH] </p><p>An important design at this time on the coinage was the ‘SOVEREIGN TYPE’. This coin shows the King seated on a throne, holding a scepter and orb. An idea taken from the Byzantine model as the ART was a reflection of the emperors of the East; this Saxon Penny with its elaborate drapery and rigid outline figure are characteristic of the ART of age of the Paleologi.</p><p><br /></p><p>The reverse of this coin design of a cross voided between four martlets, this is the first indication of heraldic display on English Coins although this design was not appropriated to heraldry until the reign oh Henry III on the 13th century.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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