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Auction: 26022 - The Hambleden Hoard: The Most Important Trove of Black Death Coins Ever Found
Lot: 1331

"Edward I", Imitations of 'Longcross' Pennies (4), or "Hagemunten", in the style of Class 10cf2, "London", + EDWA R ANGL DNS hyB, serpentine S, wedge-tailed R, crowned bust facing, with regular ovoid ornaments to crown, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.272g [19.63grns], 5h, i.m. cross pattée (Site Reference [RA 78]; cf. North 1041; cf. Spink 1411); another, in the style of Class 3/4, "London", + EDW R ANGL DN[S hYB], wedge-tailed R, normal-barred Ns, crowned bust facing, with pointed ornaments, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.244g [19.20grns], 6h, i.m. cross pattée; also, in the style of Class 4b, "London", + EDW R' ANGL' DNS hyB, normal-barred Ns, egg-waisted S, angular-backed E, wedge-tailed R, comma-shaped contraction marks, crowned 'smiling' bust facing, with damage to right-hand fleur, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, egg-waisted S, normal-barred Ns, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.054g [16.27grns], 6h, i.m. cross pattée (Site Reference [L4.A4.2]; cf. North 1024; cf. Spink 1395); lastly, in the style of Class 4b, "London", + EDWA R' ANGL' DNS hyI [sic, for hyB], normal-barred Ns, egg-waisted S, angular-backed E, wedge-tailed R, comma-shaped contraction marks, crowned 'smiling' bust facing, rev. CIVITAS LONDON, T over S in TAS, egg-waisted S, normal-barred Ns, long cross and trio of pellets in angles, 1.023g [15.79grns], 5h, i.m. cross pattée (Site Reference [L4 003.C4.8]), the second with superficial verdigris encrustation, otherwise all of good fabric and proximate to official weight standards, otherwise generally about fine, and all likely conceived after the Second Great Recoinage of Edward 'Longshanks' reign (4)

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Estimate
£100 to £200

Starting price
£100