Obverse:

[ED]WA R ANG[L] DNS [HYB]. Facing crowned bust.

Reverse:

[C]IVITAS LONDON. Longcross with three pellets in each angle.

Struck on an oval flan, good fine.

Ex Lloyd Bennett - Sold August 2013 – Ref: HC3732-4070 [Part]

Ex A. Morris Collection [bt Lloyd Bennett]

Ex Sotheby's Auction, 5/6 October 1989

Ex Stanwix Hoard

The Stanwix (Rickerby) Hoard was initially discovered on 18 October 1986 near Carlisle and comprised 2,267 coins. Reported to the British Museum, the hoard mainly contained silver coins from the reigns of Edward I, II, and III, but also included a significant number of issues from Alexander III of Scotland, as well as various Irish and continental coins. It is particularly notable for its large proportion of halfpennies and farthings compared to other fourteenth-century hoards.

The coins were buried in a coarse, possibly overfired earthenware vessel, likely of northern English or Scottish origin. The mix of English, Scottish, and Irish coins reflects Carlisle’s role as a key trading centre with southern Scotland and Ireland, despite the ongoing conflicts of the period. The hoard is thought to have been deposited around 1350, during a time of renewed Scottish threats to northern England, when local instability likely prompted the concealment of wealth. While a number of coins were retained by museums, the remaindered were auctioned by Sotheby’s in 1989.

For further reading see:

C. Richardson & M.R. McCarthy. (1991) 'A mid-fourteenth century coin hoard from Rickerby, Carlisle', Transactions of the Cumberland & Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society 91 (Series 2), pg 295-298.