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THE PENNIES OF EDWARD I, II,AND III 295classes, the coins of XV d show differences, other thanthe mere change of the mint name, at the variousmints, and the coins of each of these must thereforebe described separately.XV d : dies made, for the most part, from the ironsused for XV c, but the letters 5R and R, when theyoccur, are of Lombardic form, and there are otherdifferences peculiar to the several mints :London :typical coins, distinguishableonly by the use of the Lombardic 5R and li.from XV cCanterbury initial cross made up of four :triangles,with a pellet in the centre ;three dots between thepellets in one quarter of the reverse.Durham : obverse as London coins ;the distinguishingmark of Bishop Bury, a crown, taken- from the armsof St. Edmunds Bury, of which he was a native, isplaced in a lozengereverse.the reverse.in the centre of the cross on theLetters M and N of roman form are used onNo coins of Bishop Beaumont with theLombardic 5R and C. are known, although it is practicallycertain that he struck some pennies after the accessionof Edward III. A rare penny of XV c, without anyepiscopal mark, can only have been struck by thereceiver of the temporalities during the vacancy ofthe See following Bishop Beaumont's death, and thereforereally belongs to Edward III.St. Edmunds : differs from London coins only inthe name of the mint.York : coins identical, but for the mint name, withthose of Canterbury. Some specimens have a pelletin each angle of the initial cross, a distinction takenfrom the sign manual of Richard de Snoweshulle, whowas appointed warden of the mint, by Archbishop