[This curious inscription, with a translation, is given by Milner,
in his _History of Winchester_, vol. ii. p. 90.]
_Coins of Edward III. struck at Antwerp in 1337._--Ruding, in his
_Annals of the Coinage of Great Britain_ (3rd ed. p. 212.), describing
the coins of Edward III. (who often resided on the Continent, and whose
sister Eleanor was married to Raimond III., Duke of Guelder), says:
"In November A.D. 1337, according to Grafton, the king was made
vicar-general and lieutenant to the emperor, _with power to coin
money of gold and silver_. He kept his winter at the castle of
Louvain, and caused great sums of money, both of gold and silver,
to be coined at Antwerp."
And in the note:
"Chronicle [of Grafton?] _sub anno_. Froissart also mentions this
fact. The silver coins were probably struck with English dies, and
consequently _are not now to be distinguished_."
Now, you will oblige me by informing your English readers, that though
these may have been struck with English dies, they can readily be
distinguished from other English coins by the legends. They are
represented on Pl. viii., Nos. 19. and 20., in my _Munten der voormalige
Hertogdommen Braband en Limburg, van de vroeyste Tijden tot aan de
Pacificatie van Gend_. The type is wholly English, and agrees with the
coins of Edward III., as I have remarked in the text. The _Moneta
nostra_ indicates a joint coin (_i.e._ common to the emperor and to the
king); as Coin No. 3. Pl. xxxiii. was probably a joint coin of Edward
III. and Philip VI., King of France.