2011-08-26 21:35:31 Dot Boughton dboughton 2011-09-01 11:21:00 Dot Boughton dboughton LANCUM-803932 COIN Medieval silver hammered penny of Edward I dating from c. AD1297-98. Minted at Berwick-on-Tweed. North 1075, Class 2c. North writes (see reference below): "The English coins struck in this border town require separate consideration, as they differ in style from the normal classes, being for the most part struck from dies made with local irons. Coins in the name of Edward were first minted there in AD1296, when the town was occupied by English troops. In the following year the Scots recaptured the town, but the castle was held by the English, who continued to strike coins whilst besieged during the winter of AD1297/8. Most of these siege coins were of crude workmanship, but some are found with regular Class I obverses. After the evacuation of the town by the Scots in AD1298 it remained in English hands until its recapture by Douglas and Randolph in AD1318, and Edwardian coins wre struck there throughout this period. Punches appear to have been brought from London in AD1310 when Edward II visited the town and this is the only time when the Berwick coins display the same characteristics as their English counterparts." Medieval silver hammered penny of Edward I dating from c. AD1297-98. Minted at Berwick-on-Tweed. North 1075, Class 2c. North writes (see reference below): "The English coins struck in this border town require separate consideration, as they differ in style from the normal classes, being for the m... Silver Struck or hammered MEDIEVAL MEDIEVAL Middle MEDIEVAL Middle 1297 1298 16.5 0.1 Complete 2011-08-26 21:35:31 CUMBRIA BARROW IN FURNESS POINT( ) SD27SW SD2272 29.06.2003 Metal detector 1 LANCUM Creative Commons Non Commercial Share Alike - The Portable Antiquities Scheme 2011 These records can be reproduced in a non commercial enviroment as long as the original recorder is cited. The Portable Antiquities Scheme info@finds.org.uk No fees are applicable.