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COINS OF STEPHEN AND OTHERS FOUND AT NOTTINGHAM. 41
MATILDA.
Among the coins was at least one specimen of the type
Hawkins Supp. 634, which seems to have been struck
under this empress.
. Obr.+ . . ILDI : IM.
Rev. +SVE : ON :
Although the type
OX. PlateIII.No.ll. 16 grs.
is the same as that of the coin first
attributed to Matilda by Mr. Evans 3 this coin was struck
at another mint Oxford. It is to be observed that in a
charter dated at that city in 1141, the year of her
coronation, she styles herself " Matilda Imperatrix Henrici
Regis filia, Domina Anglorum." Of the rarity of her
coins it is needless to speak.
ROGER, EARL OF WARWICK?
The hoard also comprised one of the curious coins read-
ing PEEEEIE on the obverse, but unfortunately in poor
condition. It is shown in the Plate No. 12.
Some other coins 4 I have rather doubtfully attributed
to Henry, Bishop of Winchester, and Stephen and
Matilda, but the legends are by no means distinct. The
coins were in most cases much corroded, and the process
of cleaning them has no doubt contributed to reduce their
weight, which, as will have been observed,
average.
8, ARTHUR STREET, NOTTINGHAM.
s Num. Chron., vol. xiv. p. 6G.
4 " Old Nottinghamshire," 1881, p. 102.
VOL. I. THIRD SERIES.
is below the
JOHN TOPLIS.