Edward III Penny, Florin type coinage, Reading Mint, scallop in one quarter
Edward III (1327-77), silver Penny, third Florin type coinage (1344-51), Reading Mint, issued by the Abbot of Reading, facing crowned bust with shoulders, beaded circles and legend surrounding, Roman N in legend without stops, +EDWAR R ANGL: DNS hYB, rev. long cross pattee, tri-pellets in each inner angle except second which has a scallop shell, beaded circles and legend around, VIL LA R ADI NGY weight 0.99g (SCBI 39:1088 North; N.1129; S.1555). Toned, weakly struck a little off-centre with some ghosting, otherwise about very fine and very rare and on par, if not better than the two examples listed in the J J North Collection sylloge, no more than about twenty examples known of the Florin type with this obverse reading at this mint and therefore the rarest mint town for Florin type.
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Edward III (1327-77), silver Penny, third Florin type coinage (1344-51), Reading Mint, issued by the Abbot of Reading, facing crowned bust with shoulders, beaded circles and legend surrounding, Roman N in legend without stops, +EDWAR R ANGL: DNS hYB, rev. long cross pattee, tri-pellets in each inner angle except second which has a scallop shell, beaded circles and legend around, VIL LA R ADI NGY weight 0.99g (SCBI 39:1088 North; N.1129; S.1555). Toned, weakly struck a little off-centre with some ghosting, otherwise about very fine and very rare and on par, if not better than the two examples listed in the J J North Collection sylloge, no more than about twenty examples known of the Florin type with this obverse reading at this mint and therefore the rarest mint town for Florin type.
