½ Penny - Edward I London mint; class 4e

½ Penny - Edward I (London mint; class 4e) - obverse½ Penny - Edward I (London mint; class 4e) - reverse

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Features

Issuer England (United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies)
King Edward I (1272-1307)
Type Standard circulation coin
Years 1282-1289
Value ½ Penny (1⁄480)
Currency Pound sterling (1158-1970)
Composition Silver (.925)
Weight 0.7 g
Diameter 13.5 mm
Shape Round (irregular)
Technique Hammered
Orientation Coin alignment ↑↓
Demonetized Yes
Number
N#
259529
References Sp# 1434,
Emma Howard (editor); 2021. Standard Catalogue of British Coins : Coins of England & the United Kingdom Pre-Decimal Issues (56th edition). Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 2 more volumes.
North# 1046/3
Jeffrey J. North; 1963. English Hammered Coinage / Volume 1. Early Anglo-Saxon : Henry III c. 650-1272. Spink & Son, London, United Kingdom.
And 1 more volumes.

Obverse

Legend around crowned facing portrait within inner beaded circle.

Note: single-piece collar with (usually) three pellets on breast

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: + ЄDW R' ΛNGL' DNS hYB

Lettering (regular font): + ЄDW R' ΛNGL' DNS HYB

Translation: Edward King of England Lord of Ireland

Reverse

Long cross pattée, trefoil of pellets in angles, mint name around.

Script: Latin (uncial)

Lettering: CIVI TAS •LON DON

Lettering (regular font): CIVI TAS •LON DON

Translation: City of London

Mint

Royal Mint (Tower of London), United Kingdom (1279-1810)

Comments

House of Plantagenet (1154-1399), Edward I (1272-1307), Sterling coinage (1279-1307), Class 4e halfpenny.

Struck at the Tower mint, London, c.1282-89.

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