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Description: | 1) 1.4g 18.6mm d, 0.8mm t 2) 1.4g 18.2mm d, 0.9mm t 3) 1.3g 18.4mm d, 0.7mm t 4) 1.4g 18.6mm d, 0.8mm t 5) 1.3g 18.7mm d, 0.8mm t 6) 1.3g 17.9mm d, 0.9mm t 7) 1.3g 19.8mm d, 0.9mm t 8) 1.3g 18.1mm d, 0.7mm t 9) 1.2g 17.5mm d, 0.7mm t9 coins reported found near Cawton, North Yorkshire. All nine are official English silver coins of the 13th or 14th century and will thus have been struck to the sterling standard, over 90% fine metal. A detailed list of the coins accompanies this report. As this shows, the coins fall into two groups. First there are three coins of the Long Cross type of Henry III, issued between 1247 and 1279, when the coinage was recalled and reminted into a new type by Edward I, to a lower weight standard. The second group of 6 coins are of the type introduced by Edward I and continued in production until the 1330s. All of these are from relatively late in the coinage, representing classes 10ab to 15, so were issued after c. 1303.The Cawton coins do not seem to be individually lost pieces - one would expect much more variety in condition and in the types of coin present if that were the case, since cut halfpennies and farthings of the Long Cross type normally outnumber full pennies on sites where there has been significant loss of single items, while one would expect individually-lost Edwardian coins to include the large issues from before 1300, instead of just the later varieties. On the other hand, very few coins of the Long Cross type survived the recoinage into the period of the Edwardian sterlings. It normally takes a hoard of at least 1,000 sterlings before an earlier coin (Long Cross or older) is present, so it seems unlikely that the Cawton coins represent one group drawn from currency in the late 1320s or 1330s. The three Long Cross pennies are in good condition, of good weight and are relatively unworn. Their mean weight is 1.37g, as against the 1.31g of the later pennies. It is much more likely, in my opinion, that the Cawton finds consist of two separate losses, one made in the late 1250s or early 1260s and the other in the 1320s or 30s, over half a century later. It is my opinion, therefore, that the Cawton coins fulfil the criteria of Treasure, according to the terms of the Act, but that they are more likely to represent two original deposits, rather than one.Long Cross coinage (1247-79) 1. class 3b (1248-50) mint Tomas, moneyer York 1.39 TOM/ ASO/ NE/ VER 2. class 5b2 (1251-72) moneyer Ricard, mint London 1.33 RIC/ ARD/ ONL/ VND 3. class 5g (1251-72) moneyer Alein, mint Canterbury 1.40 ALE/ INO/ NC/ ANTPennies of Edward I-II (1279-c.1333) 4-5. Class 10ab5 (late) (mid 1303-5) Canterbury 1.33, 1.22 6. Class 10cf2a (mid 1306-mid 1307) Canterbury 1.32 7. Class 10cf5(a1) (mid 1309-late 1310) London 1.32 8. Class 11b3 (c. late 1310-c.1314) Canterbury 1.38 9. Class 15a (1320-c.1333) Bury St Edmunds 1.31
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