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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Orielensis, post: 7454962, member: 96898&quot;]Excellent coin and thread!</p><p><br /></p><p>I occasionally see engraving errors in medieval Latin legends that make me assume the engraver didn&#039;t read that language. Here is an example. The legend should read &quot;sit la<u>u</u>s Deo patri&quot; (&#039;praise be to God the father&#039;, 2 Corinthians 1:3), but the engraver botched it:</p><p><br /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292346[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">Lüneburg, City, AR witten, after 1379 AD. Obv: *MONETA . LVNEBORGh; rampant lion l. Rev: *SIT . LAS [!] . DEO . PATRI; cross with six-rayed star (emblem of the Wendish monetary union) in center. 19mm. Ref: Jesse 367.</font></p><p><br /></p><p>Also, one of your previous Edward III groats is now in my collection, [USER=87080]@TheRed[/USER]. It&#039;s a wonderful coin and I like it a lot:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]1292347[/ATTACH] </p><p><font size="3">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.</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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