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THE PENNIES OF EDWARD I, II, AND III. 293smile of XIV a ;eyes full and round. This class canbe distinguished with certainty by the use of a disproportionatelylarge letter Q, with a rounded back(in all the classes previously described the back of theQ is more or less angular, Fig. C. and 8), by a letter hwhich has its foot turned inward, toward the downpost,instead of outward see : Fig. C. 7. This is the lasttype of Edward II.Before passing on to the coins of Edward III,reference must be made to the issues of the Bishops ofDurham. Lack of space made it impossible to figurethese if we were to give all the distinctive types ofEdward I and Edward II on a single plate, but itishoped that the following descriptions will makethings clear.Bishop Bek, who was restored to favour soon afterthe king's accession, first used dies of Edward I (ofX e and X/), which had been altered by punchingMost ofa cross moline over the original cross pate'e.his coins, however, are of XI a, to which also belongthose struck sede vacante by the king's receiver,before the grant of the temporalities of the See to hissuccessor. These sede vacante coins are distinguishedby the absence of any special mark, and, but for themint name, are exactly like coins of London orCanterbury.Bishop Kellawe, whose issues are distinguished bythe conversion of the first limb of the main cross onthe reverse into a crosier, which isturned toward thedexter, struck XI a, b, and c ; probably XII a (thoughno specimen has yet been found) and XIII a. A. raremule, with the obverse of Bishop Bek and the reverseof Bishop Kellawe, exists.