THE COIN COLLECTOR - World eBook Library

THE COLLECTOR SERIES
limbs ; eroix pattee, with the terminal expanded like the
Maltese cross ; croix fourchee, cross with forked termi-
nals ; cross crosslet, cross with limbs rearward ; cross
pommee, with globular ends ; cross raguled or ragged
cross, cross foliate from centre to end of limbs ; cross
voided, cross with the arms hollowed ; cross potent or
potence, cross with the ends resembling a crutch ; cross
triplee, cross with the ends in the form of a trefoil, &c.
A cross moline appears on an English penny of Edward
I., in one quarter of reverse being the armorial cog-
nisance of Beck, Bishop of Durham. This symbol was,
as we know, adopted on some of the money of the later
Roman emperors from Constantine the Great, whence
it found its way to Italy, the Low Countries, and the
rest of Europe. It appears on the coin of Justinian II.,
where he styles himself Servus Christi.
Crown—A gold coin, with the half and the quarter,
struck by Henry VIII., 18th year (second issue), and
continued down to Charles I., with numerous variations,
and also for Scotland. James I. struck the double
crown, the Britain crown and half, and the Thistle
crown.
Croxbn—A silver coin of England, first struck under
Edward VI., 1551, and the second dated piece in the
English series. The so-called pattern crown of Henry
VIII. is now generally treated as a medal. The most
celebrated crowns are the Oxford crown, 1644, the
Petition crown of Charles II., engraved by Simon, and
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