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Mints :London,THE PENNIES OF EDWARD I, II, AND III. 283Bristol, Canterbury, Lincoln, York(king's mint only). The York coins have a LombardicK.Illg [PL X. 12]. Small, neat bust, with rathernarrow face. Mints :London, Bristol, Canterbury,Chester, Durham, Lincoln, St. Edmunds (Robert deHadeleie). 3These three groups bring the coinage down fromits inception inthe summer of 1279, when Edward Iabandoned the use of his father's name on his moneyand began to strike in his own, to the closing of theminor mints at Michaelmas 1281, or thereabouts.Henceforward, untilthe great recoinage of 1300, butfour mints were at work, those of the king, at Londonand Canterbury, of the Bishop of Durham, and of theAbbot of St. Edmunds.IV a [PL X. 13].Broader face, neck less well defined ;large comma-shaped contraction marks. Letter Salways thick- waisted, C and 6 always of open form,except on one peculiar die used at Durham. Mints :London, Canterbury, Durham, St. Edmunds (Robertde Hadeleie).IV b [PI. X. 14]. General style not unlike thatof IV a,but the king's face and the curls of the hairare shorter. On this type first appears the crossmoline of Bishop Antony Bek, of Durham, who receivedthe temporalities of his See in September 1283.first placed thisHedistinguishing mark (taken from hisarms) in the first quarter of the reverse, but it subse-3What purports to be a coin of the archbishop's mint,of York, of this class, is figured in Brit. Num. Joui-n., vol. vii,PI. iv, No. 17. No other specimen appears to be known, and theworkmanship is suspiciously suggestive of continental origin.U2