Edward III penny

[davidrj]

Help on this one please, I think this is Edward III, tall crown, annulet stops

+ EDWARDVS ° REX ° ANGLI / CIVITAS LONDON

Nearest I can find is Spink 1630 for York - a mule??

David

Edited July 30, 2014 by davidrj

[HistoricCoinage]

A quick look makes me think it's a Pre-Treaty Series E. Appears to have unbarred Ns and the obverse ends in II instead of LI. So this would be a variety of Spink 1586.

[davidrj]

Thanks, the descriptions in my Spink (2007) are very confusing for EdIII, "with French title" confused me, I assume that's just for the groats?

Is there an online reference for EdIII? The UKDFD pages are excellent for the long cross and early eddies

[HistoricCoinage]

Thanks, the descriptions in my Spink (2007) are very confusing for EdIII, "with French title" confused me, I assume that's just for the groats?

The French title here will only apply to the gold issues, groats and halfgroats. The smaller denominations just don't have the space for a complete legend.

As for online reference, not that I know of. A copy of North Volume II will help if you're seriously considering collecting late medieval hammered issues. Here is a reasonably-priced used copy.