DENOMINATIONS.--_Silver._ Groat, Half-groat, Penny, Halfpenny and
Farthing. _Gold._--Florin, Half-florin, Quarter-florin; Noble,
Half-noble, and Quarter-noble.
OBVERSE.--_Type._ Groat and Half-groat, head same as Edward I.’s,
within a circle formed of nine arches, fleury; Pennies, Halfpennies,
and Farthings, as Edward I.’s.
_Legend._ Groat, EDWARD. DEI G. REX. ANGL. DNS. HY. Z. AQT.; or
EDWAR. or EDWARD D. G. REX. ANGL. Z. FRANC. D.H.Y., or HYB. or HIBE.
Half-groat, EDWARDVS. REX. ANGL. (or ANGLI) DNS. HYB., or Z. FRANCI or
FRANCIE.; or ANGL. FRA. Z. HI. Penny, EDWARD or EDWARDVS.--D. G. or
DI. GRA.--R. or REX.--ANGL. ANGLI. or ANGLIE.--D. or DNS. HYB. Z. FRA.
FRANC. or FRANCI.
REVERSE.--_Type._ Cross and pellets as his predecessor; one limb of the
cross of the Durham coins terminating in a crozier.
_Legend._ Groat and Half-groat. In the outer circle, POSVI DEVM
ADIVTOREM MEVM, or MEV. Inner circle, town name where struck; as,
CIVITAS LONDON or CIVITAS EBORACI. Pennies, etc., town, etc., names.
_Rarity._ Calais Groat very rare; Halfpence and Farthings rare; all
others not uncommon.
_Gold._ Florins (six shillings), Half-florins (three shillings),
and Quarter-florins (eighteenpence); Nobles (six and eightpence),
Half-nobles, or Maille-nobles (three and fourpence), and Quarter or
Ferling-nobles (twenty pence). Florin: obverse, the king crowned and
robed, seated under a canopy, with sceptre in right hand and orb and
cross in the left; on the robe a fleur-de-lis; two lions, one on each
side the throne: reverse, within a quatrefoil a short beaded cross with
foliated ends; in each of the angles between the four limbs a lion,
or leopard, surmounted with a crown. Half-florin: a lion, crowned; a
mantle, or banner, charged with the royal arms, hung from his neck:
reverse, within a quatrefoil a foliated cross having a lion in each
angle; legend, DOMINE NE IN FVRORE TVO ARGVAS ME, and variations.
Quarter-florin: helmet, with lamberquins and crest of lion, field
semé-de-lis; reverse, richly foliated cross; legend, EXALTABITVR IN
GLORIA. Noble and Half-noble, king in armour, crowned, standing in
a ship, with sword in his right hand, and in his left a shield of
England and France quarterly; reverse, in a tressure of eight arches
a rich foliated cross, in each angle a lion surmounted by a crown,
a fleur-de-lis at the end of each limb of the cross; legend, IHC
TRANSIENS PER MEDIVM ILLORVM IBAT, with variations. Quarter-noble: an
escutcheon with the arms of France and England, quarterly, within a
tressure of eight foils. All more or less rare. A Florin has sold for
£113; a Quarter-florin for £170.
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