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THE PENNIES OF EDWAED I, II,AND III. 287Fig. C. 1). Mints : London, Bristol, Canterbury, Chester,Durham (Bishop Bek's), Durham (king's receiver's),Exeter, Kingston-on-Hull, Newcastle-on-Tyne, St.Edmunds, York (royal), York (archiepiscopal, distinguishedby a sunken quatrefoil in the centre on thecross on the reverse).These (with the exception of certain issues ofEdward III, to be noticed hereafter) are the last coinswhich read QDW. The remaining types of Edward Igive the king's name at greater length, and have a newform of the royal crown, with but two, instead of three >Fig. A.The two crowns figured above show the difference between thosein use before 1302 and those of subsequent issues. No. 1 has theoutside ornament composed of three members and No. 2 of twoonly. With the exception of a few very rare survivals on theearliest coins of Group X, No. 1 is never found after 1302.leaflets in the outer fleurs-de-lis (Fig. A. 2).6It is notpossible, in this article, to repeat the detailed proofsof the dating of the various types. Suffice it to saythat the principal evidence is furnished by the coinsof Durham. Bishop Antony Bek, from the year 1300onward, was constantly at feud with his sovereign,who in consequence seized the temporalities of theSee, which included the privilege of minting money,5Continental imitations, combining the bifoliate crown withthe abbreviated form QDW> are not uncommon; they are usuallyof more or less debased metal.