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Message:: [QUOTE="Orielensis, post: 5127970, member: 96898"]That's a good start to a medieval collection! I personally don't focus on British coins and mostly collect medieval central Europe, yet there are a few English pennies and groats that made their way into my collection nonetheless. Some other memebers here, for example [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER], [USER=96746]@robp[/USER] and [USER=73099]@Nap[/USER], are true experts, though. [ATTACH=full]1203207[/ATTACH]Kingdom of England, Edward II, 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. [ATTACH=full]1203204[/ATTACH] Kingdom of England, Edward III, AR groat, 1361–1369 AD (“treaty period”), London Tower mint. Obv: +EDWARD: DEI: G: REX: ANGL: DNS: hYB: Z: AQT, crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches, fleurs on cusps. Rev: +POSVI x DEVM x ADIVTOREM x MEVM; long cross, three pellets in each angle; CIVITAS LONDON around inner circle. 26mm, 4.30g. Ref: Spink 1616. Ex [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER] collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 308. [ATTACH=full]1203206[/ATTACH] Kingdom of England, Edward IV (second reign), AR groat, 1471–1483, London mint. Obv: EDWARD DI GRA REX ANGL Z FRANC, pierced cross with pellet in lower l. angle; saltire stops; crowned bust facing within a tressure of arches, fleurs on cusps, none above crown. Rev: POSVI DEVM ADIVTORE MEVM; long cross, three pellets in each angle, rose after DEVM; CIVITAS LONDON around inner circle. 25mm, 2.90g. Ref: Spink 2098. Ex Berk 201, lot 517; ex Orfew collection; ex AMCC 2, lot 314.[/QUOTE]

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