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<p>[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4576747, member: 96898"]There are people on this board who know much more about these than I do. But since the king's name on the obverse is given in the unusual abbreviation EDWR, I suggest that your coin is Fox type 10ab4, dated to 1303 AD, during the reign of Edward I. You can find out more about this topic using this <a href="https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P1.htm" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P1.htm" rel="nofollow">wonderful webpage</a>.</p><p><br /></p><p>Yet, type 10 has many varieties and spans into the reign of Edward II. Yours seems quite clear, but here is a penny that I find hard to attribute. Type 10cf1–6 fall just between the reigns of the two kings, and the subvarieties aren't easy to distinguish from each other:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1133121[/ATTACH]</p><p><font size="3">Kingdom of England, Edward II (or I?), AR penny, 1305–1310 AD (class 10cf(3?)), London mint. Obv: +EDWA R ANGL DNS hYB, crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches, fleurs on cusps. Rev: CIVI-TAS LON-DON; long cross, three pellets in each angle. 18mm, 1.40g. Ref: Spink 1410–1414.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 4576747, member: 96898"]There are people on this board who know much more about these than I do. But since the king's name on the obverse is given in the unusual abbreviation EDWR, I suggest that your coin is Fox type 10ab4, dated to 1303 AD, during the reign of Edward I. You can find out more about this topic using this [URL='https://www.ukdfd.co.uk/pages/edwardian-Pennies/Edwardian%20Pennies%20P1.htm']wonderful webpage[/URL]. Yet, type 10 has many varieties and spans into the reign of Edward II. Yours seems quite clear, but here is a penny that I find hard to attribute. Type 10cf1–6 fall just between the reigns of the two kings, and the subvarieties aren't easy to distinguish from each other: [ATTACH=full]1133121[/ATTACH] [SIZE=3]Kingdom of England, Edward II (or I?), AR penny, 1305–1310 AD (class 10cf(3?)), London mint. Obv: +EDWA R ANGL DNS hYB, crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches, fleurs on cusps. Rev: CIVI-TAS LON-DON; long cross, three pellets in each angle. 18mm, 1.40g. Ref: Spink 1410–1414.[/SIZE][/QUOTE]
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