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Description: | Edward I-II 1. Class 4a (1282-9) London 1.23g (fragment missing) 2. Class 4a-c? London 0.53g (fragment) 3. Class 9a1 (c. 1299-c.1301) London 1.15g 4. Class 9b? Bury St Edmunds 1.1g 5. Class 10cf3b2 (1307-9) London 1.38g 6. Class 10cf4 (1309) London 1.13g 7. Class 10cf? London 0.74g (fragments missing) 8. Class uncertain London 1.0g (fragments missing)Edward III, Fourth Coinage (1351-77) 9. Series E (1354-5) London 0.84g (fragments missing)Nine long cross pennies. All are official English silver pennies of the late 13th or 14th centuries; eight are issues of Edward I and II, with one later coin from Edward III's Fourth Coinage. The coins will have been made to the sterling standard, i.e. over 90% fine metal. They are listed in more detail in an accompanying catalogue.The condition of the coins as they survive is quite poor, presumably as a result of damage in the ground, but they seem to be variable even without this: some are considerably worn and have seen significant currency. It seems likely that the group represents a collection of material deposited together in the mid-1350s, with most of the older coin was reduced through wear or clipping to the new weight standard introduced by Edward III in 1351. There is evidence from relatively large hoards of the 1350s and 1360s that older coin survived in this way and that it took some time for new issues of the Fourth Coinage to displace much of the older issues of Edward I and II. As an example, in the Stanwix hoard, deposited c. 1352/3, only ten out of over 2,000 pennies come from Edward III's Fourth Coinage issues.These have been reported under the 1996 Treasure Act
Original Image | Publisher: | http://finds.org.uk | Source: | Portable Antiquities | Identifier: | http://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/r... | Go to resource |
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