A few weeks ago I bought this penny.
The seller told it was an Edward I Penny from London. However, the mint seems incorrect. After a quick research I may think about Durham mint. However, as the seller seemed to confuse varieties, can anyone precise me more exactly which Edwardian-type coin it is?
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On one hand it looks like the Edward I second type crown with pointless fleur heads - Spink 1411
or
it could be Edward II Greek central crown fleur - Spink 1459(13) which is extremely similar to the Edward I type 2 crown.
I really cannot make too much out with obverse and your other image is just a thumbnail and I can't enlarge it to clearly see the details to do a comparison. These are my nemesis monarchs, I have always had a pain trying to separate them on lower detail hammered pennies. I love all British hammered coinage apart from those monarchs due to little change between them.
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Administrateur du catalogue, référent de nombreuses nations antiques et de la Lorraine.
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Look at the arms of the cross on the reverse, particularly the one that points to 12 o'clock between ELM and CIVI. The blob toward the end is part of a bishop's crozier. The Durham coins were episcopal rather than royal. The crozier cross-end is the mark of Bishop Kellawe who North lists as having struck classes 11abc, 12a and 13.
