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Auction: 24006 - British and World Coins
Lot: 25

Edward I (1272-1307), 'Long Cross' Penny, 1279, Class 1d, struck for the benefit of the Abbot of Reading, Robert of Burgate, + EDW R ANGL' DNS hVB, crowned bust facing, annulet on breast, drapery of two wedges, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, long cross with three pellets in angles, 1.38g, 1h (North 1013; S.1384), some ghosting as usual through portrait, otherwise on a full round flan, a bolder fine, a noted rarity

Provenance

The Isladulcie Collection of Medieval Silver Coins

[Bohr] - The Clarendon Collection, Part 1, Bonhams Auction 14347, 28 March 2006, lot 249 - £130 [with his ticket]




Reading Abbey, much like the modern case of Thurrock Council, was effectively fiscally insolvent for much of the final quarter of the 13th Century, culminating in an extraordinary King's court case in the year 1290 against Gilbert Pincent and Thomas Hikon over three forged bonds, sealed with counterfeits of the abbey’s seal, in which the abbot and convent were alleged to be bound to certain Jews in money, goods and chattels to the value of £3,000. Alongside the appointment of a Royal procurator fiscal, it has long been believed that the additional annulet upon breast was struck concurrently with the Class 1d coinage for the benefit of Reading Abbey

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Estimate
£200 to £300

Starting price
£150